Book review: Yong Shu Hoong’s Anatomy Of A Wave reverberates with nostalgia

Poet Yong Shu Hoong’s seventh collection, Anatomy Of A Wave, is a nostalgic blend of poetry and memoir. PHOTOS: DAKOTA BOOKS, DANIEL SIM
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By Yong Shu Hoong
Poetry/Dakota Books/125 pages/Paperback/$19.26/Books Kinokuniya
4 out of 5

Poet Yong Shu Hoong’s seventh collection, Anatomy Of A Wave, is a nostalgic blend of poetry and memoir. Poems, many of them referencing 1980s songs, are interspersed with prose reflections on the past – shops hawking pirated cassettes, Yong’s experience writing for the indie music magazine BigO and other personal memories.

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