LITERARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
POETRY
The Arbitrary Sign. 2013. Singapore: Red Wheelbarrow Books.
I Didn’t Know Mani was a Conceptualist. 2014. Singapore:
Math Paper Press.
Sanctus Sanctus Dirgha Sanctus. 2014. Singapore:
Red Wheelbarrow Books.
The Wrong/Wrung Side of Love. 2015. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Phat Planet Cometh. 2015. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Thirty-Seven Reasons Red Is Rad. 2016. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Mirror Image Mirage. 2016. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Reading to Ted Hesburgh. 2017. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Apophenia: Forty-One Dada Dilemmas. 2017. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Heart Fiat: New Catholic Poems [Dedicated First Edition to Pope Francis]. 2024. USA: Resource Publications (Wipf & Stock imprint); Singapore: Poetry Festival Singapore.
FICTION
Singular Acts of Endearment: A Novel. 2014. USA: Grey
Sparrow Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
NON-FICTION
Top Ten TCS Stars. 1995. Singapore: Caldecott Publishing.
The Good Day I Died: The Near-Death Experience of a Harvard Divinity Student [A Quasi-Memoir]. 2019. Singapore: Penguin Random House South-east Asia.
LYRIC ESSAYS
Hermitage of Dreamers: Lyric Essays. 2018. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Found Texts of the AAI Anon, Circa 3119: Eight Lyric Essays. 2020. Photos. Karen Kon. Singapore: Ethos Books.
HYBRID WORK
Babel Via Negativa. 2015. Singapore: Ethos Books & Squircle Line Press.
FOODPORN cum Maundy Thursday. 2016. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Jia Lat Lah: An Antiplay. 2017. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
The World According to Ms Erasure: Exercises in Zen Lyric. 2018. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
EDUCATIONAL GUIDE
Depth of Field: My Guided Journal to Self Healing. 2021. Singapore: Penguin Random House South-east Asia.
PHOTOBOOK
Ruminations of a Good Book. 2003. Photos. Yasin Razak. Singapore: Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
AUDIOBOOK / CD
How to Read a Poem. 2003. Exec Prod. Jurgen Frenz and
Desmond Kon. Singapore: Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
An Impression of the Pipa. 2003. Exec Prod. Jurgen Frenz, Desmond Kon and Samuel Wong Shengmiao. Singapore:
Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
One for the Love of God. 2004. Exec Prod. Vanessa Fernandez
and Terry Lee. Eds. Desmond Kon and Germaine Lim. Singapore: Beaumont Publishing and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
CHAPBOOK
This Is Visual Poetry. 2010. USA: Naissance.
Dear Physical Environment. 2010. USA: Naissance.
To Whose Mandolin It May Concern. 2010. USA: Naissance.
In Memoriam to a Marionette: Caudate Sonnet of the Year Ad Interim. 2011. UK: Silkworms Ink.
Let Dinggedicht Speak. 2011. UK: Silkworms Ink.
Changeling in the Boustrophedon’s Outfield. 2011. USA:
White Knuckle Press.
Between Pineapple and Parsley. 2011. UK: Ronin Press.
500 Favourite Words. 2012. USA: Naissance.
When Dada Rewrote Koans. 2012. USA: Corollary Press.
EDITORIAL
Retrospect: A Soldier’s Memoir [40 SAR 1st ABG Mono-Intake Commemorative Book]. 1992. Ed. Desmond Kon. Singapore:
40 Singapore Armoured Regiment.
Doing A Little Good. 2002. Ed. Desmond Kon. Singapore:
Riding for the Disabled Association.
Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover aka Dead People, Flying Fishes And The Ones Who Missed The Boat. 2003. Eds. Kelvin Bik and Desmond Kon. Singapore: Beaumont Publishing and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Impressions of a Pipa Player: Profiles of the World’s Most Premier. 2003. Samuel Wong Shengmiao. Ed. Desmond Kon. Singapore: Beaumont Publishing and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Eldercare and Counselling. 2003. Eds. Cheryl Chia, Jeremy Huang, Desmond Kon and Daniel Yuan. Singapore: SAGE Counselling Centre.
NP40: A Commemorative Publication for Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s 40th Anniversary. 2003. Eds. Jaron Chan, Desmond Kon and Catherine Tan. Singapore: Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
For the Love of God. 2004. Eds. Maryam Abdullah, Ivan Ke, Jason Koh, Desmond Kon, Andrea Lau, Noelle Perera, Lisa Tan, Valerie Wee and Clair Yeo. Singapore: Beaumont Publishing.
I’m A Volunteer Too: Forty Heartwarming Singaporean Stories. 2004. Eds. Maryam Abdullah, Desmond Kon and Clair Marie Yeo. Singapore: Beaumont Publishing & National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre.
The One Word: Hope For Cambodia’s Challenges Today. 2004. Rachel Fang, Amanda Koh and Kimberly Mah. Ed. Desmond Kon. Photos. Alan Lee. Singapore: Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Housing Senior Singaporeans. 2004. Eds. Cheryl Chia, Jeremy Huang, Desmond Kon and Daniel Yuan. Singapore: SAGE Counselling Centre.
From Generation to Generation: A Heritage of Recipes. 2004. Eds. Desmond Kon, Eunice Tan, Jolene Tan, Teo Yi-Ling and Roxanne Toh. Singapore: Paya Lebar Methodist Church.
Above and Beyond. 2008. Eds. Desmond Kon, Lee Xian Jie and Robin Yee. Singapore: Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
WE ARE AWE50ME: Celebrating Fifty Years of Excellence [Golden Jubilee Edition]. 2013. Ed. Robin Yee. Design. Desmond Kon. Singapore: Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Eye/Feel/Write For You: Broadside Series. 2014. Ed. Desmond Kon. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Eye/Feel/Write: Experiments in Ekphrasis. 2015. Ed. Desmond Kon. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Ars Moriendi: Writings on the Art of Dying. 2015. Ed. Desmond Kon. Singapore: Lien Foundation & Squircle Line Press.
Asingbol: An Archaeology of the Singaporean Poetic Form. 2017. Ed. Desmond Kon. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Eye/Feel/Write: Building Architectonics. 2017. Ed. Desmond Kon. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Anima Methodi: The Poetics of Mirroring. 2018. Eds. Desmond Kon and Eric Tinsay Valles. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
SingPoWriMo 2018: The Anthology. 2018. Eds. Stephanie Chan, Desmond Kon, Ng Yi-Sheng and Rodrigo Dela Peña Jr. Singapore: Math Paper Press.
Seven Hundred Lines: A Crown of Found//Fount Sonnets
[A Singapore Bicentennial Tribute]. 2019. Ed. Desmond Kon. USA: Glass Lyre Press; Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Atelier of Healing: Poetry About Trauma and Recovery. 2021.
Eds. Desmond F. X. Kon and Eric Tinsay Valles. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
A Given Grace: An Anthology of Christian Poems [A Commemorative Publication to Celebrate the Philippine Quincentennial & Singapore Bicentennial of Catholicism]. 2021. Eds. Desmond F. X. Kon and Eric Tinsay Valles. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
Get Luckier: An Anthology of Philippine & Singapore Writings II. 2022. Eds. Migs Bravo Dutt, Claire Betita de Guzman, Aaron Lee Soon Yong and Eric Tinsay Valles. Cover Design. Miel. Multimedia Web Design. Desmond F. X. Kon. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.
The Jesuit: Finding God in All Things [A Commemorative Publication to Mark the Quadricentennial Canonization of St. Francis Xavier & St. Ignatius of Loyola]. 2022. Eds. Desmond F. X. Kon and Eric Tinsay Valles. Singapore: Squircle Line Press.