#YISHREADS November 2025

This November, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews five literary works that deal with the legacy of HIV.

ReviewJee KohNovember 28, 2025Ng Yi-ShengComment

Waste

‘A stub, a shard—discarded by most, but enough to begin again.’—an essay by Shumin Tan.

EssayJee KohNovember 21, 2025Shumin TanComment

“While" and Other Poems

With these three poems, Abuyuan-Llanes shows us the tender passing of time – while “being too young”, while kissing men in clubs, while on highways.

PoetryJee KohNovember 21, 2025March Abuyuan-LlanesComment

Relearning OTHELLO: Director’s Cut

‘I miss you until I can’t breathe sometimes. It’s nothing new.’–an essay by C. Zhang.

EssayJee KohNovember 14, 2025C. ZhangComment

The Invention of Silence

What is it that “no one wants to explain”? Three poems that echo around the world by Sabyasachi Roy.

PoetryJee KohNovember 7, 2025Sabyasachi RoyComment

SUSPECT’s 2nd Flash Fiction Contest Results

Read the winners on a grandmother’s wok, a Sunday service, and an unrepentant clockmaker.

FictionJee KohNovember 7, 2025Suraj Gupta, Sarah Chin, Pratibha KumarComment

That Great Absence

“[Doubt] contains within it a seed of desire, for one can only want what one does not immediately possess.” SUSPECT editor-in-chief Sharmini Aphrodite reviews Jonathan Chan’s bright sorrow.

ReviewJee KohOctober 31, 2025Sharmini AphroditeComment

Kissing Spree

What does love resolve? What does a story? A new story by Merilyn Chang.

FictionJee KohOctober 31, 2025Merilyn ChangComment

#YISHREADS October 2025

Pawangs, babaylans, maa khii, and more—this October, Ng Yi-Sheng takes us through a whirlwind of Southeast Asian esoterica.

ReviewJee KohOctober 31, 2025Ng Yi-ShengComment

Remixing Vanishing Point

Eunice Lim reviews Vanishing Point: The Comic Book.

ReviewJee KohOctober 24, 2025Eunice LimComment

Dinner Preparation

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

PoetryJee KohOctober 17, 2025Ranudi GunawardenaComment

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.

ReviewJee KohOctober 17, 2025Hannah ChiaComment

The Jute Weaver

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

FictionJee KohOctober 10, 2025Farihah AhmedComment

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.

PoetryJee KohOctober 3, 2025Marc NairComment

Relearning Fire

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

EssayJee KohOctober 3, 2025Raka BanerjeeComment

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.

ReviewJee KohSeptember 26, 2025Ally ChuaComment

#YISHREADS September 2025

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

ReviewJee KohSeptember 26, 2025Ng Yi-ShengComment

Guitar Beneath the Stairs

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

FictionJee KohSeptember 19, 2025ShikhandinComment

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).

ReviewJee KohSeptember 12, 2025Olivia HoComment

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).

ReviewJee KohSeptember 12, 2025Ashley Marilynne WongComment

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