404 Ink Speak Still.

Wing Lam Tong

ISBN 10: 1916637140 / ISBN 13: 9781916637146

Published by 404 Ink, 2025

In. Seller Inventory # ria9781916637146_new

Synopsis:

Speak Still confronts colonial silencing by asking aloud: why do we, as speakers of English as a second language (ESL), feel estranged from the language, despite having known it since childhood? Taking the author’s bilingual experience in Hong Kong and the UK as a point of departure, the book reimagines a more inclusive sense of belonging for all through a fusing of personal narrative and cultural criticism, reclaiming silence as an interlocutor that interrupts cultural homogeneity, and opens up the time and space for subdued voices to be heard. Speak Still shows that this silence, indeed, speaks volumes.

About the Author:

Wing Lam Tong (湯穎琳) is a writer, educator, and former lawyer from Hong Kong, currently living in London. Writing in both Chinese and English, her work has appeared in Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, the Asia Art Archive’s IDEAS Journal, The Oxonian Review, and elsewhere. She holds a BA (Literary Studies) and LLB from the University of Hong Kong, and a Master’s in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Oxford. Her research and writing explore womanhood, in-betweenness, senses of belonging, and everyday life. She believes in finding strength in softness.

Bibliographic Details

Title: 404 Ink Speak Still.
Publisher: 404 Ink
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New