Asian
Books Blog is based in Singapore. Lion City Lit explores in-depth what’s going
on in the City-State, lit-wise. In Lucía Damacela’s fourth installment of her series about
Singapore online literary magazines, her focus is on The
Eloquent Orifice.
Founded in 2013 by
a group of creative professionals, including the current Editor-in-Chief Crispin
Rodrigues and Creative Director Geraldine Tan, The Eloquent Orifice (EO) is an
online academic literary journal created to bring the arts “within reach of those who believe in
the power of critical thought, active discussion and passionate creation in the
shaping of contemporary society.”
EO is always open for submissions of original literary pieces, articles and art works. Published
twice a year, one issue is out at the beginning and one at the end of the year.
Their sixth and seventh issues combined are soon to be released.
Geraldine Tan, an editor and writer currently doing
post-graduate studies in Melbourne, and Crispin Rodrigues, and educator, writers and editor, responded to
questions about the magazine’s history, purpose and functioning.
