Wednesday, June 10, 2015
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KITAAB.ORG, a literary blog that celebrates poetry and literature, recently invited FAERYVILLE director Tzang Merwyn Tong for a Lounge Chair Interview.
In this interview, conducted by KITAAB's Poetry Editor Desmond Kon, Tzang talks philosophically about his reason for writing, his idea of bliss and what he would take with him if his house is burning down.
Tzang himself has expressed that he felt honoured as a filmmaker to be featured alongside many big Asian names in Literature. Read the full article in the link below.
http://kitaab.org/2015/06/10/the-lounge-chair-interview-10-questions-with-tzang-merwyn-tong/Extract:
Describe your Writing Aesthetic I wouldn’t dare to describe my writing aesthetic. I’m still learning as a writer. I feel I still lack discipline. But I’m Punk Rock that way. I care about the expression, sometimes more than the craft. There is also a Buddhist expression for this. Finger pointing to the moon. The writing, the film, the story, is the finger that is pointing to something. I don’t care about the finger. I care about the moon. - Tzang M.
Read the full article: http://kitaab.org/2015/06/10/the-lounge-chair-interview-10-questions-with-tzang-merwyn-tong/
Kitaab is a Blog that promotes and covers Asian writing in English. Kitaab aims to help you avoid information overload which is the curse of the information age. The idea behind Kitaab is to create a link-based information storehouse where the most important stories on Asian writers and writing are carefully curated, so that lovers of Asian writing do not have to look anywhere else for the assorted news and views on their favourite books and writers.
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