Poetry in Prison

Three poems by Teo Soh Lung, written while in solitary confinement in Whitley Center, Singapore.

PoetryJee KohMay 20, 2022Michael Barr, Teo Soh Lung, Function 8 LtdComment

Slow Rehearsals of Loss

Tricia Tan reviews Focal Point by Jenny Qi (USA: Steel Toe Books, 2021).

Poetry, ReviewJee KohFebruary 8, 2022Tricia Tan, Jenny Qi, Steel Toe BooksComment

Art Is + Jennifer Huang

In this interview, poet Jennifer Huang speaks about the Taiwanese family and ghost stories.

Interview, PoetryJee KohFebruary 4, 2022Janelle Tan, Jennifer HuangComment

A Celebration of Upheaval

Lara Norgaard reviews Rain in Plural by Fiona Sze-Lorrain (USA: Princeton University Press, 2020).

Review, PoetryJee KohFebruary 1, 2022Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Princeton University Press, Lara NorgaardComment

Lunch Break – “Singapore Pastoral”

Lim Xin Hwee examines the ramifying ironies in “Singapore Pastoral” by Daryl Lim Wei Jie.

PoetryJee KohJanuary 28, 2022Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Epigram Books, Lim Xin HweeComment

Sovereign Life

Jennifer Anne Champion reviews Han Vanderhart’s What Pecan Light (USA: Bull City Press, 2021).

Review, PoetryJee KohJanuary 11, 2022Bull City Press, Jennifer Anne Champion, Han VanderhartComment

And The Stones Come Tumbling Down

Cheng Him reviews Brandon Courtney’s This, Sisyphus (USA: YesYes Books, 2019).

Review, PoetryJee KohJanuary 4, 2022This Sisyphus, YesYes Books, Brandon Courtney, Cheng HimComment

Reveling in the Darkness

Stephanie Chan reviews Ricky Ray’s Quiet, Grit, Glory (Broken Sleep Books, 2020).

Review, PoetryJee KohDecember 23, 2021Broken Sleep Book, Ricky Ray, Stephanie ChanComment

Lunch Break – “Closet Space”

Sharmane Tan looks into Taiwanese American poet K-Ming Chang’s “Closet Space” and discovers the breakages of love.

PoetryJee KohDecember 17, 2021Sharmane Tan, K-Ming Chang, Black Lawrence PressComment

Passageways Between Cultures

Brad Crenshaw reviews Trees Grow Lively on Snowy Fields: Poems from Contemporary China, translated by Stephen Haven, Jin Zhong, Li Yongyi, and Wang Shouyi (Twelve Winters Press, 2021).

Art Is + Jenny Qi

In this interview, poet Jenny Qi speaks about the pain of grief and the consolations of writing.

Poetry, InterviewJee KohNovember 30, 2021Janelle Tan, Jenny QiComment

Lunch Break – “The Idea at Rest”

Lim Xin Hwee on “holding objects while the glue sets” in Cynthia Arrieu-King’s poem “The Idea at Rest.”

PoetryJee KohNovember 26, 2021Lim Xin Hwee, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Radiator PressComment

“The Father Gene” and Other Poems

“The Father Gene” and other poems by Jose Luis Pablo.

PoetryJee KohNovember 23, 2021Jose Luis PabloComment

An Elegant Darkness

Maggie Wang reviews One to the Dark Tower Comes by Yeow Kai Chai (Singapore: firstfruits publications, 2020).

Review, PoetryJee KohNovember 19, 2021Yeow Kai Chai, Maggie Wang, firstfruits publicationsComment

City of Sadness and Violence

Yeow Kai Chai reviews Vijay Seshadri’s That Was Now, This Is Then (USA: Graywolf Press, 2020).

Review, PoetryJee KohNovember 9, 2021Yeow Kai Chai, Vijay Seshadri, Graywolf PressComment

Singing Our Way Into After

Aileen Liang reviews JinJin Xu’s There is Still Singing in the Afterlife (USA: Radix Media, 2020).

Poetry, ReviewJee KohNovember 2, 2021Aileen Liang, JinJin XuComment

Lunch Break – “Cockroach Ode”

Lim Xin Hwee on the fuck-you cockroach in Craig Santos Perez’s poem “Cockroach Ode.”

PoetryJee KohOctober 22, 2021Craig Santos Perez, Lim Xin HweeComment

One Blank, One Blurred

“Quartet for Phylogenesis,” a poem by Maggie Wang

PoetryJee KohOctober 19, 2021Maggie WangComment

Three Poets on Climate Change

“If Moses was Filipino,” by Venezia May; “Messages from the Chairman,” by Jaime Oscar M. Salazar; and “Vessels,” by Shuchi.

PoetryJee KohOctober 12, 2021Jaime Oscar M. Salazar, Padcal mine disaster, Venezia May, Shuchi Comment

Art Is + Esther Vincent

Poet and editor Esther Vincent on how eco-poetry contributes to movement building.

Interview, PoetryJee KohOctober 8, 2021Esther Vincent, Janelle Tan, Blue Cactus PressComment

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