Clara Chow - writer, editor, publisher
Clara Chow is a writer-editor who works in Singapore. Her publications include the story collections Dream Storeys (2016, Ethos) and Modern Myths (2018, Math Paper Press), as well as her travelogues for Hermit Press - New Orleans and Caves.
She has been writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa (USA), Toji Cultural Centre (South Korea), Bogong Centre for Sound Culture (Australia) and Rimbun Dahan (Malaysia).
In 2020, Modern Myths was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize.
Her works-in-progress involve typewriters, joss paper, disappearing ink, Chinese poetry, East-Asian TV dramas, tarot cards, Rolodexes, cowboys, samizdat, honey, baroque music, acts of female fandom, over-policing of museum visitors, bone-folders, motherhood, orchids, AI translation and self-care.