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Asia

‘I wanted to carve it out of me’

‘I wanted to carve it out of me’

‘South Asian speculative fiction has its own monsters to slay’

‘South Asian speculative fiction has its own monsters to slay’

Hunter Marston: The Long Shadow of Secret Warfare

Hunter Marston: The Long Shadow of Secret Warfare

‘I Married a Travel Junkie’ by Samuel Jay Keyser

Book excerpt:

‘I Married a Travel Junkie’ by Samuel Jay Keyser

How real is Zomia?

Susan Lim: Transplanting Cells, Not Organs

Video:

Susan Lim: Transplanting Cells, Not Organs

‘Joint Ventures’ by Kate Sullivan

Short story:

‘Joint Ventures’ by Kate Sullivan

‘US demographers and agronomists spent much of the cold war drastically reordering community models and farming practices, seeking to maximize market relations’

That Is Ridiculous!

Slideshow:

That Is Ridiculous!

‘If England is the home of football, then the Malay Peninsula is the home of match fixing’

Counter-history offered by Zomia: for many people civilization has been a burden and a menace

‘Homebody’ by Maggie Smith
Poem: ‘Homebody’ by Maggie Smith
‘Another Life’ by Theodor Kallifatides
Book excerpt: ‘Another Life’ by Theodor Kallifatides
‘Losing the Plot’ and ‘A Capitol Day’ by Lauren Camp
Poems: ‘Losing the Plot’ and ‘A Capitol Day’ by Lauren Camp
‘Midnight’s Orphans’ by Christopher Woodall
Short story: ‘Midnight’s Orphans’ by Christopher Woodall
‘Haibun/you dreamed that you were a dreaming horse’ by Medha Singh
Poem: ‘Haibun/you dreamed that you were a dreaming horse’ by Medha Singh
‘Material Exercises’ by Blanca Varela, translated by Jeannine Pitas
Poem: ‘Material Exercises’ by Blanca Varela, translated by Jeannine Pitas