ABOUT THE WORK
Recipe for an Amanda Ruiqing Flynn story: 500g of the human heart, 100ml of poetry, a generous helping of loss, a heaped tablespoonful of social commentary, a dash of bittersweet, and a whole lot of life. The end results are delicious, though never the same. “Yearning” is a story about class, love, loss, and remembering. It delves into the role of a domestic helper in Singapore beyond the stereotypes we are sold.
ABOUT THE WRITER
Amanda Ruiqing Flynn is an artist, writer, Chinese-English translator and creative writing teacher who has lived and worked in the UK, Taiwan and Singapore. She holds a BA in Chinese and Development Studies from SOAS, University of London, and an MFA in Art and Design from National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. She is drawn to writing short stories, poetry and children’s stories. Her stories take us from the everyday into secret places inside our hearts. Amanda was one of the winners of Singapore’s Writing the City Competition in 2022. She is the author-illustrator of The Woof that Went Weng, her first children’s picture book, which will be published by Balestier Press in 2024. She was recently a speaker at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2023. On most days, she is chief storyteller to her son.
ABOUT SPLOOSH! PRODUCTIONS
sploosh! productions is a collaborative effort between sploosh! and Sing Lit writers to bring their works to life through the aural medium. The texts featured in wave 1 are themed around longing. Look out for our next open call for proposals.
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