Lunch Break - “S.A.M.” by Ann Ang

Lim Xin Hwee examines the lingering effects of colonialism in “S.A.M.” by Singaporean poet Ann Ang.

PoetryJee KohJuly 1, 2022LIM Xin HweeComment

#YISHREADS June 2022

For the month of June, Ng Yi-Sheng casts his gaze upon the wide, wonderful world of global speculative writing.

ReviewJee KohJune 24, 2022Ng Yi-Sheng, C.M. Kösemen, Clara Chow, Stanislaw Lem, Laurent Binet, Brandon O'BrienComment

Art Is + Ayesha Raees

In this interview, poet Ayesha Raees speaks about the diverse places that poetry can go.

InterviewJee KohJune 24, 2022Ayesha Raees, Janelle TanComment

The People of Santa Claus Lane

Diane Josefowicz reviews Lurkers, the second novel by writer-director Sandi Tan.

ReviewJee KohJune 17, 2022Diane JosefowiczComment

What It Wants

In this story “What It Wants,” by Minxi Chua, Xinyi is overworked and completely stressed out, but that is not her biggest problem.

FictionJee KohJune 10, 2022Minxi ChuaComment

A Fair Share

In the story “A Fair Share,” Shahriar Shaams develops the prickly themes of parenthood and inheritance.

FictionJee KohJune 3, 2022Shahriar ShaamsComment

#YISHREADS May 2022

In this month’s instalment of #YISHREADS Bookstagrammer Ng Yi-Sheng digs into a bunch of classic Asian literature of the early to mid-20th century.

ReviewJee KohMay 27, 2022Ng Yi-ShengComment

“Hookup App” and Other Poems by Daniel W.K. Lee

In these poems, Kuching-born, Cantonese American poet Daniel W.K. Lee explores the fraught spaces of sex apps, hanging gardens, and department stores.

PoetryJee KohMay 20, 2022Daniel W.K. LeeComment

Mi Hermana, El Tierra

In this story “Mi Hermana, El Tierra” by Sigrid Marianne Gayangos, the beauty of Zamboanga, in southern Philippines, is intermingled with the memories of an unconventional sister.

FictionJee KohMay 13, 2022Sigrid Marianne GayangosComment

Samira

Is Israel/Palestine a part of Asia? We think so. Here’s a story, “Samira,” by Atar Hadari.

FictionJee KohMay 6, 2022Atar HadariComment

#YISHREADS April 2022

In this monthly series #YISHREADS, Bookstagrammer Ng Yi-Sheng provides capsule reviews of his current obsessions and curiosities in the wide world of Southeast Asian literature.

ReviewJee KohApril 29, 2022Ng Yi-Sheng, Lily Zubaidah Rahim, Danny Jalil, Jit Murad, Tom Boellstorff, James C. ScottComment

In Her Light

Kevin Tsai reviews In the Same Light: 200 Tang Poems for Our Century by Wong May (UK: Carcanet, 2022).

ReviewJee KohApril 29, 2022Kevin Tsai, Wong MayComment

Firegrief

Lim Xin Hwee reviews Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman and weighs the challenges of writing about bipolar disorder.

ReviewJee KohApril 22, 2022LIM Xin Hwee, Shira Erlichman, Alice James BooksComment

Uncle’s house; it was noon

In this story by Jiaqi Kang, Jiujiu has some unusual pockmarks on his arm.

FictionJee KohApril 15, 2022Jiaqi KangComment

Fog of January

Shelley Fairweather-Vega and Katherine E. Young translate poems by Oral Arukenova, Anastasiya Belousova, Asel Omar, Kanat Omar, Ramil Niyazov-Adyldzhyan, and Irina Gumyrkina, which respond urgently to the January 2022 protests and their aftermath in Kazakhstan.

Lunch Break – “Acts of Self Consumption”

Lim Xin Hwee examines the paradoxes of survival in “Acts of Self Consumption” by Ally Chua.

PoetryJee KohApril 1, 2022Lim Xin Hwee, Ally ChuaComment

#YISHREADS March 2022

In this monthly series #YISHREADS, Bookstagrammer Ng Yi-Sheng provides capsule reviews of his current obsessions and curiosities in the wide world of Southeast Asian literature.