Hazaar Fucked

“Hazaar Fucked,” an essay by Shahriar Shaams.

EssayJee KohDecember 10, 2021Shahriar ShaamsComment

Winner of the 1st Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures: “Feminist Documentaries in Singapore,” by Liow Xin Li.

EssayJee KohNovember 5, 2021Liow Xin LiComment

Stateless Citizens: Apathy as Defence Mechanism in Amanda Lee Koe’s Ministry of Moral Panic

Winner of the 1st Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures: “Stateless Citizens: Apathy as Defence Mechanism in Amanda Lee Koe’s Ministry of Moral Panic,” by Ho Kin Yunn.

EssayJee KohNovember 5, 2021Ho Kin YunnComment

In Pursuit of Queer Singapore: Tracing Queer Time and Space in Singaporean Speculative Fiction

Winner of the 1st Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures: “In Pursuit of Queer Singapore: Tracing Queer Time and Space in Singaporean Speculative Fiction,” by Joan Ang.

EssayJee KohNovember 5, 2021Joan AngComment

The Modern Malay Woman’s Reclaimed (Home)land: Syncretisation as a Strategy of Resistance in Singapore Theatre

Winner of the 1st Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures: “The Modern Malay Woman’s Reclaimed (Home)land: Syncretisation as a Strategy of Resistance in Singapore Theatre,” by Danial Matin Bin Zaini.

EssayJee KohNovember 5, 2021Danial Matin Bin Zaini

Autonomous Phenomena

“Out of the Well,” an essay by Jolene Tan.

EssayJee KohOctober 1, 2021Jolene Tan, Ethos BooksComment

The Beginning of the End

Eunice Chin reviews Judith Schalansky’s An Inventory of Losses (US: New Directions, 2020), translated by Jackie Smith.

Fiction, Essay, ReviewJee KohSeptember 21, 2021Judith Schalansky, Jackie Smith, Eunice ChinComment

The Deep Need for Freedom

Niccolo Rocamora Vitug reviews Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History, edited by Alfian Sa’at, Faris Joraimi, and Sai Siew Min (Singapore: Ethos Books, 2021).

Review, Essay, Interview, TheaterJee KohAugust 6, 2021Alfian Sa'at, Faris Joraimi, Sai Siew Min, Niccolo Rocamora VitugComment

Own Fruits

“Pomegranate,” an essay by Arin Alycia Fong.

EssayJee KohJuly 2, 2021Arin Alycia Fong, Robin Wall KimmererComment

Proud of This Stench

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - “Eating Fish in New York City,” an essay by Rebecca Kwee.

EssayJee KohJune 18, 2021Rebecca KweeComment

The First Border to Dissolve

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - “Recordar,” an essay on Sandra Cisneros by Sharmini Aphrodite.

EssayJee KohJune 8, 2021Sharmini Aphrodite, Sandra CisnerosComment

Wandering Through Absence

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - Diana Rahim wanders through absence in her psychogeographical exploration of three fields in Singapore.

EssayJee KohJune 1, 2021Diana RahimComment

History and the Writers

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - “Sharing Borders Revisited,” an essay by Gwee Li Sui, remembering Sharing Borders: Studies in Contemporary Singaporean-Malaysian Literature (2009).