“The Thank You Girl,” a story by Ian Rosales Casocot.

FictionJee KohJuly 9, 2021Ian Rosales Casocot, Anvil PublishingComment

Rice with Salt

Mandy Chi Man Lo reviews Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in ‘Crazy Rich’ Singapore by Liyana Dhamirah (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2019).

Memoir, ReviewJee KohJuly 6, 2021Mandy Chi Man Lo, Liyana Dhamirah, Epigram BooksComment

Own Fruits

“Pomegranate,” an essay by Arin Alycia Fong.

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

Tooth and Nail

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - Joanelle Toh reviews Aravind Adiga’s Amnesty (USA: Scribner, 2020).

Fiction, ReviewJee KohJune 29, 2021Joanelle Toh, Aravind Adiga, ScribnerComment

First All-Female Platform for Yemeni Refugees

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - “Leading by Making a Difference,” written by Leena Al-Mujahed and edited by Shanisse Goh, volunteer with AFR-SG.

Safehaven Singapore

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - “Singapore—a safehaven in the past, but what about the future?” written by Beth, for Advocates for Refugees - Singapore.

Proud of This Stench

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

EssayJee KohJune 18, 2021Rebecca KweeComment

Agents of Dislocation

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - Maggie Wang reviews The Heartsick Diaspora by Elaine Chiew (Myriad Editions, 2020 / Penguin SEA, 2021).

Fiction, ReviewJee KohJune 15, 2021Maggie Wang, Elaine Chew, Myriad Editions, Penguin SEAComment

Oceanic Assemblies

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - Sean Chua reviews Jan-Henry Gray’s Documents (Rochester: BOA Editions, 2020).

Poetry, ReviewJee KohJune 11, 2021Sean Chua, Jan-Henry GrayComment

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

Breaking Through The Border

June Theme “Sharing Borders” - “The Anklet of Maioumas,” a short story from The Sea Cloak, by Nayrouz Qarmout, translated by Perween Richards, (UK: Comma Press, 2019).

FictionJee KohJune 4, 2021Nayrouz Qarmout, Perween Richards, Comma PressComment

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).