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Category Archives: books

July 13, 2019 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “Techno Dystopia: Ka-Fu Lee’s AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order” by Emma Zhang

January 12, 2019 by t - 0 comments

[Review] “Uncontrollable Forces: Christina Yi’s Colonizing Language: Cultural Production and Language Politics in Modern Japan and Korea” by Ilaria Maria Sala

September 9, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] The Asian American Elite’s Victory: Crazy Rich Asians in Print and on Screen

August 29, 2018 by t - 1 Comment

[REVIEW] “Connections: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒 πΏπ‘–π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ and This is π»π‘œπ‘€ π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘Žπ‘™π‘˜ π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ‘›” by Sandro Lau

August 26, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[Review] Shubigi Rao’s Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book Volume I of V

August 26, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “A Tame Paradise: Dans Quel Sens Tombent Les Feuilles and From Walden to Woodlands” by Kate Rogers

August 26, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “Reasons to Live: Rachel Heng’s 𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐢𝑙𝑒𝑏” by Joshua Ip

August 22, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “Seemingly Undisputed Autonomy of the Lyric Ego: Alvin Pang’s π‘Šβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π»π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘’π‘›π‘’π‘‘” by Jerome Lim

August 21, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “She Walks like a Free Country: A Review of Amanda Chong’s π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘“π‘’π‘ π‘ π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  and Jennifer Anne Champion’s πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘€π‘Žπ‘’π‘™” by Ow Yeong Wai Kit

August 19, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “Still Very Much In Transit: A Review of An Anthology from Singapore on Airports and Air Travel” by Pow Jun Kai

August 19, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “Dissecting Love and Language through Audrey Chin’s 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐢𝑒𝑑𝑠 and Desmond Kon Zhicheng-MingdΓ©’s π΅π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘™ π‘£π‘–π‘Ž π‘π‘’π‘”π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘Ž” by Stephanie Studzinski

August 19, 2018 by t - 2 Comments

[Review] “Multiple Narratives of Truth: Living with Myths in Singapore and State of Emergency” by Mandy Chi Man Lo

August 17, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “Positions: Daryl Lim Wei Jie’s A Book of Changes” by Al Lim

August 17, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[Review] “Behold the Facelessness Behind False-Face”: Flirting with Desire in Grace Chia’s The Wanderlusters

August 13, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “The Potential of the Poet: Cheryl Julia Lee’s π‘Šπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π΄π‘™π‘€π‘Žπ‘¦π‘  πΈπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝐸π‘₯π‘π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‡β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘”π‘ ” by Samantha Toh

August 13, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[Review] Pain and Desire: Jennifer Anne Champion’s Caterwaul

August 11, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] Preaching to the Queer: Ng Yi-Sheng’s A Book of Hims

August 11, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[Review] An Elegy for Female Friendship: Sharlene Teo’s Ponti

August 9, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] The Rise of Queer Singaporean Sci-Fi: Kevin Martens Wong’s π΄π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘†π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘–π‘‘π‘  and JY Yang’s π‘‡π‘’π‘›π‘ π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’ Series

August 7, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “Quirky Poems of Considerable Depth: A Review of Samuel Lee’s A Field Guide to Supermarkets in Singapore” by Angus Whitehead

August 6, 2018 by t - 1 Comment

[REVIEW] “The Joys of Spiaking Singlish: Or, Rather, Reading It: Gwee Li Sui’s π‘†π‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘†π‘–π‘›π‘”π‘™π‘–π‘ β„Ž” by Patrick Jiang

August 1, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] “I Am Not Your Creation: Grace Chia’s π‘€π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ 𝐴𝑙𝑙 π‘„π‘’π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘ ” by Nina Powles

June 30, 2018 by t - 1 Comment

[Review] Looking for Idealism: Alam Cruz Miclat’s Soul Searchers and Dreamers

June 30, 2018 by t - 1 Comment

[Review] Bending Without Breaking: Thirteen Women’s Stories of Migration and Resilience

June 26, 2018 by t - 0 comments

[REVIEW] Tales Told and Retold: Mindanao Harvest 3

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