A Map with No Lines: Reading toward Meaning in BOH BEH ZHAO

“Yoked with violence”: Chong Jing Gan reviews Boh Beh Zhao, by Cheng Him.

ReviewJee KohMarch 13, 2026Chong Jing GanComment

Difficult Observations

Tan Yanrong examines aesthetic form and form-defying motherhood in Mia Ayumi Malhotra’s Mothersalt (Alice James Books, 2025).

ReviewJee KohMarch 13, 2026Tan YanrongComment

“Anniversary in A Major" and Other Poems

What consumes us? Three poems by Alison Clara Tan.

PoetryJee KohMarch 6, 2026Alison Clara TanComment

#YISHREADS February 2026

#YISHREADS returns with the theme of sequels, you know, that genre that everyone loves to hate.

ReviewJee KohFebruary 27, 2026Ng Yi-ShengComment

Roe on Raw Meat

In a short story by Yu Xi, translated by Ng Zheng Wei, a gnawing hunger consumes everything.

FictionJee KohFebruary 27, 2026Yu Xi, Ng Zheng WeiComment

The Control Chaos Method

‘Style, tone, and form aren’t just decoration—they’re the architecture of meaning... A plastic chalice cannot hold sacred wine.’ – an essay on meaning-making by Chadawan Yuddhara.

EssayJee KohFebruary 20, 2026Chadawan YuddharaComment

A Colonial Taiwan Lost and Found in Translation

In Taiwan Travelogue, ‘twinned souls… are at once lost, but also found, in translation.’ A review by Eunice Lim.

ReviewJee KohFebruary 13, 2026Eunice LimComment

The Different Definitions of Love | এটা অপ্ৰেমৰ গল্প

‘But later… we didn’t talk about love. We talk about the land and its people.’ – a short story by Kaushik Ranjan Bora, translated from the Assamese by Aruni Kashyap.

Translation, FictionJee KohFebruary 6, 2026Aruni Kashyap, Kaushik Ranjan BorahComment

“Back Pain" and Other Poems

“Like the man who wears a vest saying negotiator in a hostage situation, I want one that says prioritizer.” Three poems by Satya Dash.

PoetryJee KohFebruary 6, 2026Satya DashComment

Felix: The Comics, January 2026

New year, new column. In this January’s instalment of ‘Felix: The Comics’, Felix Cheong (and his cats) introduces us to four graphic memoirs by women authors.

ReviewJee KohJanuary 30, 2026Felix CheongComment