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

Animating Alfian Sa'at's "The Hole"

Animation and text by Abriella Terrazas.

Film, FictionJee KohFebruary 19, 2021Abriella Terrazas, Alfian Sa'atComment

My Book of the Year 2019

42 Singaporean writers, artists, and thinkers, living in Singapore and abroad, give their favorite read of the year.

BooksJee KohDecember 2, 2019Angus Whitehead, Ali Smith, Karen van Ditzhuijen, Anthony Koh Waugh, Linda Collins, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Inez Tan, Boedi Widjaja, Wang Gungwu, Caleb Goh, Susan Choi, Ovidia Yu, Christine Chia, Constance Singam, Meira Chand, Cyril Wong, Yeoh Jo-Ann, Damon Chua, Xuan Juliana Wang, Boey Kim Cheng, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Elaine Chew, E. K. Tan, Gayatri Gopinath, Felix Cheong, Haresh Sharma, Sharlene Teo, Harpreet Singh Nehal, Conn Igguiden, Sakthi Vel, Ian Chung, O Thiam Chin, Jason Wee, Jason Soo, Lisa Fithian, Jeremy Fernando, Amanda Lee Koe, Anne Dufourmantelle, Joanne Leow, Mai Der Vang, Jon Gresham, Joshua Ip, Junni Chen, Keller Easterling, Yeow Kai Chai, Kirsten Han, Liyana Dhamirah, Gwee Li Sui, Oliver Seet, Lydia Kwa, Tania De Rozario, Yong Shu Hoong, Marc Nair, Ilya Kaminsky, Hamid Roslan, Marylyn Tan, Andrea V. Tubig, Godwin Koay, Nazry Bahrawi, Alfian Sa'at, Fairoz Ahmad, Nuraliah Norasid, Karen Russell, Pooja Nansi, Anittha Thanabalan, Aaron Maniam, Sonny Liew, Russell Baker, Pingtjin Thum, JY Yang, Sandi TanComment

Countercultural Insurgency

A talk by Koh Jee Leong given at the “IPS-SAM Spotlight on Cultural Policy Series Eight: Roundtable on Making Friends and Influencing People: The Art of Cultural Diplomacy,” Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, July 5th, 2019.

Investigation as Love Letter

AWP Talk by Laurel Fantauzzo on “Innovations in Southeast Asian Narratives.”

Criticism, EssayJee KohApril 17, 2019Laurel Fantauzzo, Gina Apostol, Alfian Sa'at, Lawrence Lacambra Ypil Comment

Southeast Asia as Method

AWP Talk by Alfian Sa’at on “Innovations in Southeast Asian Narratives.”

Criticism, EssayJee KohApril 16, 2019Alfian Sa'at, Gina Apostol, Laurel Fantauzzo, Lawrence Lacambra Ypil Comment

A Doubling, Troubling Gaze

AWP Talk by Gina Apostol on “Innovations in Southeast Asian Narratives.”

Criticism, EssayJee KohApril 15, 2019Gina Apostol, Alfian Sa'at, Laurel Fantauzzo, Lawrence Lacambra Ypil Comment

Public Statement

Call on Singaporean Writers to Condemn Seelan Palay’s Wrongful Imprisonment

Politics, OpinionJee KohOctober 22, 2018Seelan Palay, Alfian Sa'at, Lee Tzu Pheng

Universal Force

Gaudy Boy, our new imprint, celebrated the US release of Alfian Sa'at's short-story collection Malay Sketches at Revolution Books in Harlem on Thursday, March 22, 2018.

EventJee KohMarch 23, 2018Alfian Sa'at, Gaudy Boy, Jeremy Tiang, Norashiqin Toh, Koh Jee Leong, Revolution BooksComment

Revitalize the Study of the Humanities

Singapore Unbound's Submission to the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, set up by the Parliament of Singapore.

Politics, MediaJee KohFebruary 27, 2018Koh Jee Leong, Alfian Sa'at, Tan Pin Pin, Sonny Liew, Jeremy Tiang, Cyril Wong Comment

Char for Charudati

Priscilla King reviews Regrettable Things That Happened Yesterday by Jennani Durai (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2017).

Fiction, ReviewJee KohFebruary 21, 2018Priscilla King, Jennani Durai, Ng Yi-Sheng, Jordan Peterson, Alfian Sa'at, Shelly Bryant, Yeo Wei Wei, Gwee Li SuiComment

Stand Up for Something

Alfian Sa'at speaks at the Singapore Writers Festival in Singapore about the academics, artists, and writers who suspect that they have been denied job or tenure or asked to leave their job because of their activism or criticism of the government.

PoliticsJee KohNovember 9, 2017Alfian Sa'at, Lee Tzu Pheng, Singapore Writers Festival, Censorship

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