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Dinner Preparation
Dinner Preparation

In these new poems by Ranudi Gunawardena, who’s really doing the eating – and who lives?

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PoetryJee KohOctober 17, 2025Ranudi GunawardenaComment
In Scatterings, a Cold Beauty
In Scatterings, a Cold Beauty

“[One] can almost taste the iron of blood in their throat.” Hannah Chia reviews the poetry collection Cold Thief Place by Esther Lin.

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ReviewJee KohOctober 17, 2025Hannah ChiaComment
The Jute Weaver
The Jute Weaver

“He had, after all, come to this island on a whim. To cut wood down, resurrect it in something lifeless.”

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FictionJee KohOctober 10, 2025Farihah AhmedComment
On Demand
On Demand

‘Calling upon an instant noodle version of the Muse to dream up and deliver lines on the spot.’—an essay by Marc Nair.

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PoetryJee KohOctober 3, 2025Marc NairComment
Relearning Fire
Relearning Fire

‘This is a prayer in the direction of after.’—an essay by Raka Banerjee.

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EssayJee KohOctober 3, 2025Raka BanerjeeComment
A Tale of Two Lives
A Tale of Two Lives

In this review, Ally Chua describes how grief and elements of the fantastical fuel Lydia Kwa’s 2024 poetry collection from time to new.

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ReviewJee KohSeptember 26, 2025Ally ChuaComment
#YISHREADS September 2025
#YISHREADS September 2025

This month, Ng Yi-Sheng takes us on a tour of SFF writing from Brunei to Singapore.

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ReviewJee KohSeptember 26, 2025Comment
Guitar Beneath the Stairs
Guitar Beneath the Stairs

Two sisters, two lives, and a guitar. A short story by Shikhandin.

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FictionJee KohSeptember 19, 2025ShikhandinComment
Review of the Enigmatic Madam Ingram and Sister Snake
Review of the Enigmatic Madam Ingram and Sister Snake

Olivia Ho reviews The Enigmatic Madam Ingram by Meihan Boey (Singapore: Epigram, 2023) and Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe (New York: Ecco Books, 2024).

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ReviewJee KohSeptember 12, 2025Olivia HoComment
The Félix to His Felix, the Steven to his Telfar
The Félix to His Felix, the Steven to his Telfar

Ashley Marilynne Wong reviews “Dancing on My Own: Essays on Art, Collectivity and Joy,” by Simon Wu (New York: Harper, 2024).

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ReviewJee KohSeptember 12, 2025Ashley Marilynne WongComment
The Liminal Spaces of Loss: An Interview with Eunice Hong
The Liminal Spaces of Loss: An Interview with Eunice Hong

‘You can’t bring people back from the dead’—Genevieve Hartman reviews author Eunice Hong.

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InterviewJee KohSeptember 5, 2025Genevieve HartmanComment
Introspective Incineration
Introspective Incineration

Ashley Marilynne Wong reviews Jemimah Wei’s The Original Daughter

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ReviewJee KohSeptember 5, 2025Ashley Marilynne WongComment
#YISHREADS August 2025
#YISHREADS August 2025

This National Day month, Ng Yi-Sheng considers works from Malaysian writers in Singapore.

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ReviewJee KohAugust 29, 2025Ng Yi-ShengComment
Drought’s Vengeance
Drought’s Vengeance

‘I had defeated the gods of wind and rain, but that was more than a millennium ago, before this man’s people even started to decimate this land.’ – a short story by Wen Wen Yang.

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FictionJee KohAugust 29, 2025Wen Wen YangComment
Laji of Batanes
Laji of Batanes

Let’s go to the sea—a collection of Laji translated and compiled by Dorian S. Merina for our Of the Sea portfolio.

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Poetry, EssayJee KohAugust 29, 2025Dorian S. Merina, Of the SeaComment
Of Salt and Silver
Of Salt and Silver

The sea gives, the sea takes away. A short story by Ismim Putera for our Of the Sea portfolio.

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FictionJee KohAugust 22, 2025Ismim Putera, Of the SeaComment
Three Poems from the Celebes Sea
Three Poems from the Celebes Sea

What invisible lines are crossed at sea? Poems by M.J. Cagumbay Tumamac, translated by Eric Gerard H. Nebran for “Of the Sea”.

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PoetryJee KohAugust 22, 2025M.J. Cagumbay Tumamac, Eric Gerard H. Nebran, Of the SeaComment
Duyung
Duyung

The sea trickles through generations and memories in this short story by Sofia Mariah Ma for our Of the Sea portfolio.

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FictionJee KohAugust 15, 2025Sofia Mariah Ma, Of the SeaComment
Blast Fishing for Beginners
Blast Fishing for Beginners

In Napoleon Arcilla’s explosive poems for “Of the Sea”, we are asked to “Sense everything with [our] calloused hands.”

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PoetryJee KohAugust 15, 2025Napoleon Arcilla, Of the SeaComment
Art, Music and Statelessness in Sabah
Art, Music and Statelessness in Sabah

Writer Erel talks to the artist Drop about art, music, protest, and power.

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EssayJee KohAugust 8, 2025Erel, Drop, Of the SeaComment
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Singapore Unbound

A transnational literary organization based in New York City, Singapore Unbound envisions and works for a creative and fulfilling life for everyone through the arts and activism.

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