As the new year beckons, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews five books, whose topics range from the genocide in Palestine to the Sino-Japanese War in Chungking, that remind us of the moral necessity of hope.
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Darkly subversive, as appropriate to the times, five works of speculative fiction from South Asia and the diaspora, reviewed by Ng Yi-Sheng.
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For the creepy month of October, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews hellish supernatural yarns from Singapore, Japan, Mexico, Canada and Croatia.
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Brace yourself for a thrilling ride when Ng Yi-Sheng hops on the crime thriller train.
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“In Southeast Asia, poetry is power.” Ng Yi-Sheng reviews five recent collections of Southeast Asian poetry.
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For this month’s column, Ng Yi-Sheng explores the short story from different parts of the world.
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To celebrate Pride month, let’s speculate about queer Asian futures with Ng Yi-Sheng as our guide.
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Read some creative non-fiction by Southeast Asian authors or about Southeast Asia lately? Ng Yi-Sheng recommends five titles to peruse.
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A month of graphic novels? Glorious. Ng Yi-Sheng is our guide to the tragic, the fantastic, and the pandemic.
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Success and scandal makes this month a good time for global speculative fiction, according to Ng Yi-Sheng.
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For Black History Month, Ng Yi-Sheng takes a look at the many genres that contemporary Black authors write in.
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Ng Yi-Sheng reads the literature of indigenous peoples and discovers that his bookshelf is entangled with the non-indigenous voices of allies, anthropologists, authors or informants.
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Traveling over the holidays? Ng Yi-Sheng has a few meta, or not-so-meta, suggestions for you.
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To celebrate the Festival of Lights, Ng Yi-Sheng lights up our minds with his takes on five works of speculative fiction from South Asia and the diaspora.
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What creature did Sang Nila Utama actually see on the island? The story “Schizosinga,” by Hassan Hasaa’ree Ali, translated by Ng Yi-Sheng, provides a different answer.
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Looking for a Halloween costume? Ng Yi-Sheng offers several scary ideas from Asia.
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For National Hispanic Heritage Month in the US, Ng Yi-Sheng offers a delectable selection of titles from different nations, time periods, and genres.
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Ng Yi-Sheng honors Good Elders and Younger Brothers in this roll-call of books about spirits and spirituality in the modern world.
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On the menu this month: rojak! Ng Yi-Sheng reviews a collection of randomly themed prose fiction works that caught his interest.
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Bad gays, old gays, crocodile lesbians, the third sex—Ng Yi-Sheng reviews and reveals the diverse, complex, and multifaceted project that is queerness.
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