As Singaporeans removed their masks over the past year, following the COVID-19 pandemic, 58 writers contemplated the significance of unmaskings, both literal and metaphorical, personal and collective. From stories of individual self-disclosure to episodes that reveal wider truths about our society, the essays in this volume peer beyond and pry apart the obvious to illuminate underlying forces at play as Singapore enters its fifty-eighth year. Serious, playful, reflective and analytical - the diversity of essays reflects the range of perspectives found on the island we call home.