BFL read his poem during lockdown and has wanted to meet him ever since - it’s the incredible Chinese Australian poet Eric Jiang! In this very spicy episode, Derek talks about ‘tickling the yellow’ and his 4am emergency book buying advice; BFL categorises some of her favourites books into Incest, Racism, and Misogyny; and Eric shares his very hot take on poetry readings. Stick around for the blooper at the end!

Find Eric @squeric_ and https://ercjng.tumblr.com/

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Chapters

00:00 Music

01:08 Eric bio

02:53 4am book advice

10:21 BFL story time

15:37 Eileen Myers

23:05 Problematic faves

47:47 six inches (sorry)

55:49 Murakami

59:18 Blooper

This week, BFL chats with Angela Wu, a comic artist based in Singapore! We hit you with Hamilton horror stories, opinions on Lord Andy (Andrew Lloyd Webber), Phantom of the Opera, and Ursula K Le Guin! Angela is contesting Derek’s title as LP’s resident TV person with her riveting review of the Australian show Wolf Like Me. BFL announces her latest on-screen crush.

Find Angela on Instagram @li_vermin_il

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Works mentioned

Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton animatics by szin on YouTube

Phantom of the opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng

Beef starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun

Wolf Like Me starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Chapters

00:00 Music

00:52 Angela bio

02:02 Hamilton Storytime

13:08 Phantom of the opera

18:16 Ursula K Le Guin

23:50 Beef

31:03 Miss Peregrine’s Home

36:46 Wolf Like Me

40:57 The Great Reclamation

In this Singapore edition of Licensed Poetics book club, BFL and Marlene discuss Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, the perfect book for misfits, newbie readers and experienced readers! In the new section LP story time, BFL shares a bookish wedding she went to! Marlene has found the literary scene in SG already?

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Theophilus Kwek (Singaporean poet)

Chapters

00:00 Music

02:54 Marlene bio

04:12 BFL story time

13:18 Marlene story time

21:29 Convenience Store Woman NO spoiler

39:12 Spoiler section

59:59 Outro