Can an hour change your life? Maybe.

Can a minute change your mind? Absolutely.

"Got a Minute: Critical Conversations We Needed
to Have Yesterday" delivers 59 incisive essays,
each designed to be read in a minute. Dive
into thought-provoking topics,

one

quick

read

at a time.

Let the essays in this book
challenge your perspectives
and ignite new conversations.

Ready for a mind-shift?

Your 59 minutes start now.

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As Singaporean removed their masks over the past year, following the COVID-19 pandemic, 58 writers contemplated the significance of unmaskings, both literal and metaphorical, personal and collective. From stories of individual self-disclosure to episodes that reveal wider truths about our society, the essays in this volume peer beyond and pry apart the obvious to illuminate underlying forces at play as Singapore enters its fifty-eighth year. Serious, playful, reflective and analytical - the diversity of essay reflects the range of perspectives found on the island we call home.

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57 people tell stories of life in a city they love. Artists, cartoonists, poets, academics, engineers, entrepreneurs, advocates and everything in-between share their views of what it means to restart: at home, in their community, and for Singapore itself. 

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In true Singaporean fashion, answering this question means answering a host of other questions: Where are we now? Who gets to be 'we'? What is 'there'? And when do we arrive?

56 contributors tackle these questions for Singapore. Hear perspectives from two divers, one in the Olympics and the other in naval combat; two doctors, one just starting out and the other the CEO of NUH; two teachers, one still a self-described "baby teacher" and the other the most senior University Professor at NUS; and also from a social worker, a former ambassador, a migrant domestic worker, a cryptocurrency enthusiast, and many more. Most of them disagree with each other. Have a read, and see which ones you disagree with too.

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What do you see?
A collection of 55 contributions which responded to this question.

What does it mean to see clearly? This anthology challenges what we think we know about Singapore. Between these covers lie tales of personal triumph and tragedy, visions of Singapore seen through fresh eyes, voices which tease out the complexities of our society.

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In this volume, 54 contributors respond to the prompt, “Narratives, Undiscovered and Underway”, and reflect on the narratives of their lives: the stories that define them, their communities, the causes they champion, and Singapore’s collective future. 54 essays in various formats examining both established and hidden narratives about Singapore: those already under way as well as those under-explored and emerging.

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The Birthday Book: The Roads We Take (2018)

edited by Cheryl Chung and Aaron Maniam

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