Elise J. Choi reviews Babel, or The Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (USA: Harper Voyager, 2022).
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Looking for holiday gifts? What about traditional folktales from India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore? Ng Yi-Sheng has some ideas for you.
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Jiaqi Kang reviews Pearls from Their Mouth by Pear Nuallak (UK: Hajar Press, 2022).
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For Halloween, Ng Yi-Sheng investigates speculative literary takes on the paranormal from four continents.
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Lydia Wei reviews Anything but Human by Daryl Lim Wei Jie (Singapore: Landmark Books, 2021).
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Ground-breaking in their time, but are these Southeast Asian books good reads? This month, Ng Yi-Sheng gives the low-down, and one thumbs-up.
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“I wanted to live to tree time.” Shalini Sengupta reviews How I Became a Tree (India: Aleph Books, 2017) and VIP: Very Important Plant (London: Shearsman, 2022) by Sumana Roy.
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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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“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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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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For the month of June, Ng Yi-Sheng casts his gaze upon the wide, wonderful world of global speculative writing.
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Diane Josefowicz reviews Lurkers, the second novel by writer-director Sandi Tan.
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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 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.
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Kevin Tsai reviews In the Same Light: 200 Tang Poems for Our Century by Wong May (UK: Carcanet, 2022).
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Lim Xin Hwee reviews Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman and weighs the challenges of writing about bipolar disorder.
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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.
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