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, 2025Comment

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

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.

InterviewJee KohSeptember 5, 2025Genevieve HartmanComment

Introspective Incineration

Ashley Marilynne Wong reviews Jemimah Wei’s The Original Daughter

ReviewJee KohSeptember 5, 2025Ashley Marilynne WongComment

#YISHREADS August 2025

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

ReviewJee KohAugust 29, 2025Ng Yi-ShengComment

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.

FictionJee KohAugust 29, 2025Wen Wen YangComment