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  • May 2025
    • May 9, 2025 Notes to My Sister: On Language and Belonging May 9, 2025
    • May 9, 2025 That Longing to Belong May 9, 2025
    • May 2, 2025 The Unbearable Lightness of Sinigang May 2, 2025
    • May 2, 2025 A River of Moons May 2, 2025
  • April 2025
    • Apr 25, 2025 “Cup of Water” and Other Poems Apr 25, 2025
    • Apr 25, 2025 #YISHREADS April 2025 Apr 25, 2025
    • Apr 18, 2025 “Accidents” and Other Poems Apr 18, 2025
    • Apr 18, 2025 The View of Mukja: The Invisible Voices of Hwang Jungeun’s dd’s Umbrella Apr 18, 2025
    • Apr 11, 2025 “Ode to Watching My Sister Eat Lychees” and Other Poems Apr 11, 2025
    • Apr 4, 2025 “Bloodline” and Other Poems Apr 4, 2025
  • March 2025
    • Mar 28, 2025 #YISHREADS March 2025 Mar 28, 2025
    • Mar 28, 2025 “Lent Birds” and Other Poems Mar 28, 2025
    • Mar 21, 2025 The One in the Mirror Mar 21, 2025
    • Mar 14, 2025 No door to slam this time Mar 14, 2025
    • Mar 7, 2025 Falling, Wilting, Blooming: Floral Futures in Mok Zining’s the orchid folios Mar 7, 2025
  • February 2025
    • Feb 28, 2025 #YISHREADS February 2025 Feb 28, 2025
    • Feb 28, 2025 Adam and Eve as the First Horror Story Feb 28, 2025
    • Feb 14, 2025 “An Alley in Baka” and other poems Feb 14, 2025
    • Feb 7, 2025 The Number Death Feb 7, 2025
  • January 2025
    • Jan 31, 2025 Those Next-Door Neighbours on the Left Jan 31, 2025
    • Jan 31, 2025 #YISHREADS January 2025 Jan 31, 2025
    • Jan 24, 2025 The Indian Way of Seeing Jan 24, 2025
    • Jan 17, 2025 Violent Winter with the Family Jan 17, 2025
    • Jan 17, 2025 “He knows you're here for the young Filipinas" and Other Poems Jan 17, 2025
    • Jan 10, 2025 Overnight Jan 10, 2025
    • Jan 3, 2025 Trinidad Charlie and Other Poems Jan 3, 2025
    • Jan 3, 2025 “The Fight": The Poetry of Leeladhar Jagoori Jan 3, 2025
  • December 2024
    • Dec 27, 2024 News from the Surveillance Economy Dec 27, 2024
    • Dec 27, 2024 #YISHREADS December 2024 Dec 27, 2024
    • Dec 20, 2024 Alireza Khatami: Iran’s Dissident Director of Absurdist Cinema Dec 20, 2024
    • Dec 13, 2024 As Chosen Families Frientangle Dec 13, 2024
    • Dec 12, 2024 My Book of the Year 2024 Dec 12, 2024
    • Dec 6, 2024 Teddy Dec 6, 2024
    • Dec 6, 2024 Through a Fox Spirit’s Looking-Glass Dec 6, 2024
  • November 2024
    • Nov 29, 2024 Sins of the Father Nov 29, 2024
    • Nov 29, 2024 #YISHREADS November 2024 Nov 29, 2024
    • Nov 22, 2024 One Can Talk to a Tree and Feel Alive Nov 22, 2024
    • Nov 22, 2024 The August Revolution in Bangladesh Nov 22, 2024
    • Nov 15, 2024 the five golden seeds Nov 15, 2024
    • Nov 8, 2024 Together and Separate Nov 8, 2024
    • Nov 8, 2024 A Modern Immigrant Narrative Nov 8, 2024
    • Nov 1, 2024 Dialogue between the Indonesian and Chilean Poetic Traditions Nov 1, 2024
  • October 2024
    • Oct 25, 2024 #YISHREADS October 2024 Oct 25, 2024
    • Oct 25, 2024 K. Ramesh: Haiku Master of South India Oct 25, 2024
    • Oct 18, 2024 Bad Romances of the Literary Kind Oct 18, 2024
    • Oct 18, 2024 On the sidewalks Oct 18, 2024
    • Oct 11, 2024 “Alley Behind the Bar” and Other Poems Oct 11, 2024
    • Oct 4, 2024 Violin-Wallah Oct 4, 2024
    • Oct 4, 2024 Missed Connections: Microfiction from Asia Oct 4, 2024
  • September 2024
    • Sep 27, 2024 #YISHREADS September 2024 Sep 27, 2024
    • Sep 27, 2024 “The Fluttering of Small Wings” and Other Poems Sep 27, 2024
    • Sep 20, 2024 Moonlit Lake Sep 20, 2024
    • Sep 13, 2024 The Nightstand Dreams of Forest  Sep 13, 2024
    • Sep 6, 2024 “Pixelated Bodies” and Other Poems Sep 6, 2024
    • Sep 6, 2024 The Era I Had Loved Sep 6, 2024
  • August 2024
    • Aug 30, 2024 #YISHREADS August 2024 Aug 30, 2024
    • Aug 30, 2024 Against Such Odds Aug 30, 2024
    • Aug 23, 2024 He Who Knows Himself Aug 23, 2024
    • Aug 16, 2024 Family Recipes Aug 16, 2024
    • Aug 9, 2024 Walking My Way through Grief Aug 9, 2024
    • Aug 9, 2024 Winners of the 10th Singapore Poetry Contest Aug 9, 2024
    • Aug 2, 2024 Island Inheritance, Mother Material Aug 2, 2024
    • Aug 2, 2024 Chiak Kantang [1] Aug 2, 2024
  • July 2024
    • Jul 26, 2024 “Now You Are Like That Dry Stone” and Other Poems Jul 26, 2024
    • Jul 26, 2024 #YISHREADS July 2024 Jul 26, 2024
    • Jul 19, 2024 Returning from America to India Jul 19, 2024
    • Jul 12, 2024 “Tomato Garden” and Other Poems Jul 12, 2024
    • Jul 5, 2024 Becoming Singapore Jul 5, 2024
  • June 2024
    • Jun 28, 2024 #YISHREADS June 2024 Jun 28, 2024
    • Jun 28, 2024 “Spotify Playlist” and Other Poems Jun 28, 2024
    • Jun 21, 2024 The Weight of Their Truths Jun 21, 2024
    • Jun 14, 2024 “Fabric from Kashmir” and Other Poems Jun 14, 2024
    • Jun 7, 2024 Gai-gai Jun 7, 2024
  • May 2024
    • May 31, 2024 #YISHREADS May 2024 May 31, 2024
    • May 31, 2024 “Somewhere” and “Communion” May 31, 2024
    • May 24, 2024 Ghosts Don’t Burn May 24, 2024
    • May 24, 2024 Pigeons and Doves May 24, 2024
    • May 17, 2024 Setia Dan Bakti, or Loyalty and Service May 17, 2024
    • May 10, 2024 Truth Be Told May 10, 2024
    • May 3, 2024 Hope of a Better Age May 3, 2024
    • May 3, 2024 Preface to “A Malayan Vision,” a Portfolio of Stories Involving Lim Chin Siong May 3, 2024
  • April 2024
    • Apr 26, 2024 #YISHREADS April 2024 Apr 26, 2024
    • Apr 26, 2024 Bunga Apr 26, 2024
    • Apr 19, 2024 “Caregiver burnout” and Other Poems Apr 19, 2024
    • Apr 12, 2024 Glass Animals Apr 12, 2024
    • Apr 5, 2024 The Intransigent Aura of Cities Apr 5, 2024
  • March 2024
    • Mar 29, 2024 #YISHREADS March 2024 Mar 29, 2024
    • Mar 22, 2024 The Miscarriage Mar 22, 2024
    • Mar 15, 2024 “Wild Amaltas” and Other Poems Mar 15, 2024
    • Mar 8, 2024 Remembering an atom time Mar 8, 2024
    • Mar 1, 2024 The Weight of Their Truths Mar 1, 2024
    • Mar 1, 2024 Doctor Pollux Lacoste Mar 1, 2024
  • February 2024
    • Feb 23, 2024 #YISHREADS February 2024 Feb 23, 2024
    • Feb 23, 2024 Self-Portrait as a Bird (Killed by Window Glass) Feb 23, 2024
    • Feb 16, 2024 Beautiful, Sometimes Feb 16, 2024
    • Feb 9, 2024 Teeming with Life Feb 9, 2024
    • Feb 2, 2024 Shared Terrain Feb 2, 2024
    • Feb 2, 2024 Language Of All Our Becomings Feb 2, 2024
  • January 2024
    • Jan 26, 2024 Marginal Misdirections: Imitation and Mistranslation in the Theatre of Kuo Pao Kun Jan 26, 2024
    • Jan 26, 2024 #YISHREADS January 2024 Jan 26, 2024
    • Jan 19, 2024 “Mind the Gap”: Exploring Hwee Hwee Tan’s Portrayal of Cultural Tensions in a Modern, Globalising World Jan 19, 2024
    • Jan 12, 2024 Chosen One’s Chosen Pronouns: Queer Identity as Messianic Belief in Neon Yang Jan 12, 2024
    • Jan 5, 2024 Introduction to Mervin Mirapuri's A WALK WITH MY PIG Jan 5, 2024
    • Jan 5, 2024 “Out of Time” and Other Poems Jan 5, 2024
  • December 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 “Identification” and “Remember Us” Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 #YISHREADS December 2023 Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 The Very Edge of Him: Translations of Avraham Chalfi Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 22, 2023 Spoilers on Page Thirteen Dec 22, 2023
    • Dec 15, 2023 Two Poems by Sukanta Bhattacharya Dec 15, 2023
    • Dec 8, 2023 For the Love of Squircles Dec 8, 2023
    • Dec 1, 2023 #YISHREADS November 2023 Dec 1, 2023
    • Dec 1, 2023 A New Picaro Dec 1, 2023
  • November 2023
    • Nov 29, 2023 My Book of the Year 2023 Nov 29, 2023
    • Nov 24, 2023 A Flag Is Lowered Nov 24, 2023
    • Nov 17, 2023 The Last Will and Testament of a Nobleman Nov 17, 2023
    • Nov 10, 2023 Celebrating Eid at Grandmother’s Grave Nov 10, 2023
    • Nov 3, 2023 Editor’s Note for SUSPECT’S Malay Translation Portfolio Nov 3, 2023
    • Nov 3, 2023 Schizosinga Nov 3, 2023
  • October 2023
    • Oct 27, 2023 #YISHREADS October 2023 Oct 27, 2023
    • Oct 27, 2023 When the World's Too Much Oct 27, 2023
    • Oct 20, 2023 Recommendation Letter for Iqra Islam Oct 20, 2023
    • Oct 13, 2023 On Not Killing the Thing You Love Oct 13, 2023
    • Oct 6, 2023 Snow Phoenix Oct 6, 2023
  • September 2023
    • Sep 29, 2023 #YISHREADS September 2023 Sep 29, 2023
    • Sep 29, 2023 “Four Ribs Past” and Other Poems Sep 29, 2023
    • Sep 22, 2023 Queer Bodies Sep 22, 2023
    • Sep 22, 2023 “naked in our times” and “… the enemy has only images, the shaolin say” Sep 22, 2023
    • Sep 15, 2023 What Paprika Is Really About: And what it meant to Director Satoshi Kon Sep 15, 2023
    • Sep 15, 2023 Absolute Control: Illustrating Marylyn Tan’s “Nasi Kang Kang” Sep 15, 2023
    • Sep 8, 2023 Viewed Aslant Sep 8, 2023
    • Sep 1, 2023 "The Tar Road" and Other Poems Sep 1, 2023
  • August 2023
    • Aug 25, 2023 Art, Reality, and K-Pop In Between Aug 25, 2023
    • Aug 25, 2023 #YISHREADS August 2023 Aug 25, 2023
    • Aug 18, 2023 “On Bewilderment” and Other Poems Aug 18, 2023
    • Aug 11, 2023 Getting Up to Fight Aug 11, 2023
    • Aug 3, 2023 Winners of the 9th Singapore Poetry Contest Aug 3, 2023
  • July 2023
    • Jul 28, 2023 Emotional Curiosity Jul 28, 2023
    • Jul 28, 2023 #YISHREADS July 2023 Jul 28, 2023
    • Jul 21, 2023 “Morph Sis!” and Other Poems Jul 21, 2023
    • Jul 21, 2023 Autofiction, History, and Beyond Jul 21, 2023
    • Jul 7, 2023 A Poem On The Nature of Things Jul 7, 2023
  • June 2023
    • Jun 30, 2023 #YISHREADS June 2023 Jun 30, 2023
    • Jun 30, 2023 How to Look at Gold in 10 Easy Steps Jun 30, 2023
    • Jun 23, 2023 “ATTN: Cleaner” and “Plumeria Cuttings” Jun 23, 2023
    • Jun 16, 2023 “But forgetfulness does not exist” Jun 16, 2023
    • Jun 9, 2023 “To Live Is to Lose Everything”  Jun 9, 2023
    • Jun 2, 2023 Death's Accents Jun 2, 2023
  • May 2023
    • May 26, 2023 Art as Searching May 26, 2023
    • May 26, 2023 #YISHREADS May 2023 May 26, 2023
    • May 19, 2023 “Death Threats” and Other Poems May 19, 2023
    • May 12, 2023 Chained To Reality May 12, 2023
    • May 5, 2023 Char Siew Crossroads May 5, 2023
    • May 5, 2023 Excerpt from 24 HOURS WITH GASPAR (Seagull Books, May 2023) May 5, 2023
  • April 2023
    • Apr 28, 2023 #YISHREADS April 2023 Apr 28, 2023
    • Apr 28, 2023 “Ode to My Prepubescent Penis” and Other Poems Apr 28, 2023
    • Apr 21, 2023 “Grandmother’s Room” and Other Poems Apr 21, 2023
    • Apr 14, 2023 Getting Under the Skin  Apr 14, 2023
    • Apr 7, 2023 “Body Parts Sonnet” and “Found Poetry in Triptych” Apr 7, 2023
    • Apr 1, 2023 in all the places i could not find you Apr 1, 2023
  • March 2023
    • Mar 31, 2023 Lazy Susan Mar 31, 2023
    • Mar 31, 2023 #YISHREADS March 2023 Mar 31, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Ruling Parties Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 17, 2023 Blooming Beyond the Event Horizon Mar 17, 2023
    • Mar 10, 2023 Saint of Disappointment Mar 10, 2023
    • Mar 3, 2023 Horizon I: An Origin Story Mar 3, 2023
  • February 2023
    • Feb 24, 2023 #YISHREADS February 2023 Feb 24, 2023
    • Feb 24, 2023 Island End Feb 24, 2023
    • Feb 17, 2023 Against Annihilation Feb 17, 2023
    • Feb 10, 2023 A Handful of Land Feb 10, 2023
    • Feb 3, 2023 We Are Always Building Feb 3, 2023
  • January 2023
    • Jan 27, 2023 A Thing About Light Jan 27, 2023
    • Jan 27, 2023 #YISHREADS January 2023 Jan 27, 2023
    • Jan 20, 2023 I Draw The Eyes In Jan 20, 2023
    • Jan 13, 2023 IDOL Jan 13, 2023
    • Jan 6, 2023 Kitty Party Jan 6, 2023
  • December 2022
    • Dec 30, 2022 “Mourning Rites” and “Love: A Brief History” Dec 30, 2022
    • Dec 30, 2022 #YISHREADS December 2022 Dec 30, 2022
    • Dec 16, 2022 A Death: Scenes, Thoughts, and Memories Dec 16, 2022
    • Dec 16, 2022 An Account of Larking Dec 16, 2022
    • Dec 6, 2022 My Book of the Year 2022 Dec 6, 2022
    • Dec 2, 2022 Translation as Weapon Dec 2, 2022
  • November 2022
    • Nov 25, 2022 Victorian Botanical Fiction Uprooted Nov 25, 2022
    • Nov 25, 2022 #YISHREADS November 2022 Nov 25, 2022
    • Nov 18, 2022 Re-Writing Myths in Singapore Literature and Culture Nov 18, 2022
    • Nov 11, 2022 Being (in the) Present Nov 11, 2022
    • Nov 4, 2022 Art is + Jonathan Chan Nov 4, 2022
    • Nov 4, 2022 Lighting Candles for a Local Osiris Nov 4, 2022
  • October 2022
    • Oct 28, 2022 A Set of Differences and Relations Oct 28, 2022
    • Oct 28, 2022 #YISHREADS October 2022 Oct 28, 2022
    • Oct 21, 2022 “BRUSHING MY TEETH AT THE EDGE OF ELIZABETH PLACE” and Other Poems Oct 21, 2022
    • Oct 14, 2022 A Lesson in Vision Oct 14, 2022
    • Oct 7, 2022 “my oppa is a virgin” and Other Poems Oct 7, 2022
  • September 2022
    • Sep 30, 2022 is it a curse or is it the day Sep 30, 2022
    • Sep 30, 2022 #YISHREADS September 2022 Sep 30, 2022
    • Sep 23, 2022 In Praise of Radical Slowness Sep 23, 2022
    • Sep 16, 2022 Dear Pluto Sep 16, 2022
    • Sep 9, 2022 “Soundproof Counseling Room for Middle Schoolers (2009)” and Other Poems Sep 9, 2022
    • Sep 2, 2022 “An “Oriental” Jane Doe” and Other Poems Sep 2, 2022
  • August 2022
    • Aug 26, 2022 She Was There Aug 26, 2022
    • Aug 26, 2022 #YISHREADS August 2022 Aug 26, 2022
    • Aug 19, 2022 “Early and Late” and “Every Poet Wants to Be Your Dog” Aug 19, 2022
    • Aug 12, 2022 Escalating a Nation Aug 12, 2022
    • Aug 12, 2022 A Cosmopolitan Kinship? Aug 12, 2022
    • Aug 5, 2022 Dreamlapse Aug 5, 2022
  • July 2022
    • Jul 29, 2022 #YISHREADS July 2022 Jul 29, 2022
    • Jul 29, 2022 The Presence of Another World Jul 29, 2022
    • Jul 22, 2022 Disoriented and Disenchanted in Academia Jul 22, 2022
    • Jul 15, 2022 Winners of the 8th Singapore Poetry Contest Jul 15, 2022
    • Jul 8, 2022 Sacred Trust Jul 8, 2022
    • Jul 1, 2022 Lunch Break - “S.A.M.” by Ann Ang Jul 1, 2022
  • June 2022
    • Jun 24, 2022 #YISHREADS June 2022 Jun 24, 2022
    • Jun 24, 2022 Art Is + Ayesha Raees Jun 24, 2022
    • Jun 17, 2022 The People of Santa Claus Lane Jun 17, 2022
    • Jun 10, 2022 What It Wants Jun 10, 2022
    • Jun 3, 2022 A Fair Share Jun 3, 2022
  • May 2022
    • May 27, 2022 #YISHREADS May 2022 May 27, 2022
    • May 20, 2022 “Hookup App” and Other Poems by Daniel W.K. Lee May 20, 2022
    • May 13, 2022 Mi Hermana, El Tierra May 13, 2022
    • May 6, 2022 Samira May 6, 2022
  • April 2022
    • Apr 29, 2022 #YISHREADS April 2022 Apr 29, 2022
    • Apr 29, 2022 In Her Light Apr 29, 2022
    • Apr 22, 2022 Firegrief Apr 22, 2022
    • Apr 15, 2022 Uncle’s house; it was noon Apr 15, 2022
    • Apr 1, 2022 Fog of January Apr 1, 2022
    • Apr 1, 2022 Lunch Break – “Acts of Self Consumption” Apr 1, 2022
  • March 2022
    • Mar 25, 2022 #YISHREADS March 2022 Mar 25, 2022
    • Mar 25, 2022 A Reckoning with Reading Mar 25, 2022
    • Mar 18, 2022 Moe’s Skin pt II Mar 18, 2022
    • Mar 11, 2022 Beauty and the Jinn Mar 11, 2022
    • Mar 4, 2022 Love Letters to Singaporean Women Mar 4, 2022
  • February 2022
    • Feb 22, 2022 A Mosque in the Jungle Feb 22, 2022
    • Feb 22, 2022 My Story Feb 22, 2022
    • Feb 22, 2022 I am waiting for an apology. Feb 22, 2022
    • Feb 22, 2022 Tunggu Dulu Feb 22, 2022
    • Feb 22, 2022 The Boat Unmoors, O Oarsman Feb 22, 2022

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