Poetry in the Age of AI

‘What has not been spoken and remains to be made flesh’. From Gwee Li Sui’s keynote lecture at the Poetry Festival Singapore 2025.

EssayJee KohAugust 1, 2025Gwee Li SuiComment

Just Looking

“In one month we are/ Particles of dust”; in another, a red stain that spans an island. Mani Rao presents three poems on the expiration date of love.

PoetryJee KohAugust 1, 2025Mani RaoComment

Paradiso Resort

A meeting at a bar, rites for departure: a short story by Rayji de Guia.

FictionJee KohJuly 25, 2025Rayji de GuiaComment

#YISHREADS July 2025

Southeast Asian monsters, unfaithful translations, and more – this July, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews short story collections from Hong Kong to the Filipino diaspora.

ReviewJee KohJuly 25, 2025Ng Yi-ShengComment

Winners of the 11th SUSPECT Poetry Contest

We’re very pleased to announce the results of the 11th annual SUSPECT Poetry Contest.

PoetryJee KohJuly 24, 2025Abdulrazaq Salihu, Jie Cohen, Gospel Chinedu, Isabelle Wei Comment

Kidneys and Other Poems

“A heart is an oversold gift […] But my kidney?” Four poems by Gretchen Filart.

PoetryJee KohJuly 18, 2025Gretchen FilartComment

A Self-explanatory Picture Reel

An essay by Neethu Krishnan considers the contours of desire.

EssayJee KohJuly 11, 2025Neethu KrishnanComment

Wild Berries

As rain pours into the valley, a boy sees the rest of his life. A short story by Gudhal.

FictionJee KohJuly 4, 2025GudhalComment

#YISHREADS June 2025

This Pride month, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews five queer comic titles bringing readers from the Philippines to Indonesia, Japan to Singapore, and to the USA.

ReviewJee KohJune 27, 2025Ng Yi-ShengComment

After Watching E.T.

With three poems for Eco-, Dorian Merina explores when homecoming becomes possible for the displaced.

PoetryJee KohJune 27, 2025Dorian S. Merina, ECOComment

Roadkill

A dead fawn on the side of the road prompts an awakening in this short story by Mir Arif for Eco-.

FictionJee KohJune 27, 2025Mir Arif, ECOComment

Discovering Dewponds

What would an angry frog call “your problem”? Three poems for Eco- on amphibians and becoming by L Kiew.

PoetryJee KohJune 20, 2025L Kiew, ECOComment

Brothel in the Jungle

Will the jungle offer an answer to a man’s deepest desire? Find out in Jon Gresham’s short story for Eco-.

FictionJee KohJune 20, 2025Jon Gresham, ECOComment

The Tale of a Fading Islet

A ship appears one day in a village. What does it bring? A story by Khải Đơn for Eco-.

FictionJee KohJune 13, 2025Khải Đơn, ECOComment

Useful Life

As eggs boil in the morning, Maggie Wang gives us a bird’s eye view of the lives that we abandon and the ones to which we return. Three poems for Eco-.

PoetryJee KohJune 13, 2025Maggie Wang, ECOComment

Gatekeeping Eden

Jess Jacutan considers power, agency, and tourism in the Philippines’ ‘Healing Island’ for Eco-.

EssayJee KohJune 6, 2025Jess Jacutan, ECOComment

Editor’s Note: ECO-

We live in the time of the Great Acceleration; a world characterised by exponential increases in carbon emissions, species extinctions, and intensified extreme weather events.

Jee KohJune 6, 2025Jack Xi, ECOComment