The clock’s wink
Catriona Knapman
Poetry from Catriona Knapman
Adulation
Carl Vadivella Belle
Mahathir’s right-hand man gets away scot-free in this biography
Faith and facts
Ninus Andarnuswari
Muslim journalists seek the truth as part of their faith
Warcraft
Geoffrey Cain
The war on diplomacy in the US started before Donald Trump
Winging it
Nick J. Freeman
The dangers of development on the cheap
Milton’s Indochine
Philip Coggan
The calm before the end in French Indochina
Wounded queen
Michael Freeman
Hieu Minh Nguyen anatomises the wounds and scars of his identity
Capturing Hanoi
Christopher Goscha
Hanoi before capitalism
One day, there is Mother and Radian
Avianti Armand
A short story from Avianti Armand
‘Trail’ & ‘Mane of sadness’
Acep Zamzam Noor
Poetry from Acep Zamzam Noor
Keys to chaos
Quinn Libson
A hotel in Phnom Penh unlocks a violent past
Escape
Rupert Winchester
Kirsten Chen leads the SingLit charge
Underground
David Scott Mathieson
Myanmar’s civil war on canvas
Art and context
Peter Yeoh
T.K. Sabapathy opens up a world of art
A country is family
Bryan Thao Worra
Poetry from Bryan Thao Worra
Remembering Channthy
Scott Bywater
The musician broke down musical and cultural barriers
King Krishen
Marina Tan
The legacy of Malaysia’s king of theatre
Tales from tomorrow
George Wright
Independent filmmakers are thriving in repressive Cambodia
Literary town
Kate Mayberry
A literary festival with a political message
Humble pies
Joseph Mai
Bourdain returned to Cambodia to atone for his sins
Made in Hong Kong
Graham Earnshaw
How Bruce Lee made Hongkongers proud of their Chinese heritage
Lost in Gokanosho
Wayne McCallum
Gokanosho is not just a place; it’s also a state of mind
Kafka in Saigon
Connla Stokes
A bookshop in Ho Chi Minh City
This Time
Sreehevi Iyer
Fiction: On the eve of Malaysia’s general election, Mahathir visits Anwar in hospital.
Poetry
Phung Khac Bac
Poems by Phung Khac Bac
Deadly populism
Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
Duterte’s anti-drug policy falls hardest on the weak
The local art of war
Michael Vatikiotis
Conflict and regionalism in precolonial Southeast Asia
Lansdale’s ghost
Thomas A. Bass
Resurrecting the architect of America’s Vietnam War
New Order child
Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Eka Kurniawan talks about horror, history and sexuality
Unbowed
Gareth Richards
Rare glimpses into Japan’s invasion and occupation of Singapore
Leaving America
Richard McGregor
A road trip yields insights into the rise and decline of megapowers
Survivor stories
Anjan Sundaram
Truth, fiction and the Khmer Rouge
Tunnel visions
Kishore Mahbubani
The West ignores the story of Asia’s remarkable rise at its own risk
Marginalia
Theophilus Kwek
A poem by Theophilus Kwek
Cold War monks
Camille Devries
Zealotry and conflict in Southeast Asia
Tyranny of borders
Francis Wade
How nationalism and colonial legacies shape identity and belonging
State censor
Peter Zinoman
Suppressing free speech in the social media age
Vanishing
Scott Ezell
Trading away priceless heritage
Firefly
Michael Freeman
Exploring grief and defiance in North Korea
From the shadows
Marc de Faoite
Anger, love and alienation permeate K.S. Maniam’s short stories