Miranda Jeyaretnam reviews Where I Was: A Memoir About Forgetting and Remembering by Constance Singam, which tells the history of Singapore from the perspective of a courageous woman activist.
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Care to read fantasy and science fiction novels inspired by Chinese history? Ng Yi-Sheng gives you the lowdown on five recent books.
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What if dogs can read? Chris Huntington ponders this and other questions in these new poems.
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“Singapore's climb from a Third World country to a First World nation was made easier, thanks to the escalator.”
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“To what extent should Singlit speak to global cultures and the threat of the climate crisis, and how should it do so?” Zining Mok reviews Red Earth by Esther Vincent Xueming (USA: Blue Cactus Press, 2021).
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“When you dream, how do you know you’re in your own body?” the narrator of Monica Kim’s story “Dreamlapse” asks.
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To impose a bit of sanity on himself, Ng Yi-Sheng returns this month to the original theme of #YISHREADS. These five books are all Southeast Asian works.
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Annina Zheng-Hardy reviews Notes from the Birth Year by Mia Ayumi Malhotra (USA: Bateau Press, 2022).
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Elise J. Choi reviews Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou (US: Penguin Press, 2022).
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We’re very pleased to announce the results of the 8th annual Singapore Poetry Contest. Enjoy the winning poems!
Read MoreAmanat is a groundbreaking anthology featuring the stories of women writers from Kazakhstan over the past thirty years.
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Lim Xin Hwee examines the lingering effects of colonialism in “S.A.M.” by Singaporean poet Ann Ang.
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For the month of June, Ng Yi-Sheng casts his gaze upon the wide, wonderful world of global speculative writing.
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In this interview, poet Ayesha Raees speaks about the diverse places that poetry can go.
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Diane Josefowicz reviews Lurkers, the second novel by writer-director Sandi Tan.
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In this story “What It Wants,” by Minxi Chua, Xinyi is overworked and completely stressed out, but that is not her biggest problem.
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In the story “A Fair Share,” Shahriar Shaams develops the prickly themes of parenthood and inheritance.
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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.
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In these poems, Kuching-born, Cantonese American poet Daniel W.K. Lee explores the fraught spaces of sex apps, hanging gardens, and department stores.
Read MoreIn 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.
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