C Is for Cockroach single work   essay  
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'I am on a crowded bus heading into the wilds of China. It’s ten degrees Celsius. The driver is swerving all over the place, seemingly for his own entertainment. I feel more than a little travel-sick. As I stare out the window to steady my stomach, I catch a glimpse of a disturbing scene unfolding by the roadside – a cobra is in the process of swallowing a large toad. The toad’s hind legs hang limply from the snake’s jaws. It is finally too much for me. Overcome with nausea, I throw up all over the shrivelled woman on my right, who has been plucking a live chicken on her lap. She and the bird look at me with disgust.' (Introduction)

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Julie Koh Leah Jing McIntosh , 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Liminal , July 2019;
Julie Koh Leah Jing McIntosh , 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Liminal , July 2019;
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