“Thumb over the halo-halo layers ghostly over the seated pink mini” and “I will tell an old story of my name”

By Kimberly Alidio
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Gardaya’s letters offer glimpses into his fruitless search for love and acceptance in America

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Transgressing spatial and temporal bounds through the image

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A researcher visits the UK National Archives in search of Malaya.

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A Filipina immigrant academic mourns and celebrates the aftermath of 1898.

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In resistance, we are at the neck of injustice, holding our breath, proving our matter.

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Every nonhuman living thing is held captive by our actions.

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A handful of lessons on saving the world

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ただ空気が得体の知れぬ巨大な獸の吐息のようにねっとりと重たかった。| Only the air was heavy and moist, like the breath of an enormous, mysterious beast.

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How translating the writings of a former Malayan Communist Party member changed me

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An examination of Malayan Emergency fiction’s depiction of Sinophone, Anglophone, and Indigenous points of view

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Three artistic works, recently showcased in Kuala Lumpur and beyond, suggest why it matters that we think about the history of the Malayan Emergency in concert with the contemporary COVID-19 and climate emergencies

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Imagining the future through words and through kin

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etc.books founder Akiko Matsuo on building a space for feminism and solidarity in Tokyo

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A Truku writer on his relationship with his tribe’s traditional craft

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A familial haunting returns a Palestinian writer to Arabic.

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Climate change and development threaten the indigenous fisherfolk communities of Mumbai

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How has climate change changed the way we write poetry?

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On translators’ labor and invisibility

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Gardaya’s letters offer glimpses into his fruitless search for love and acceptance in America

Essays

How translating the writings of a former Malayan Communist Party member changed me

Essays

Transgressing spatial and temporal bounds through the image

Essays

An examination of Malayan Emergency fiction’s depiction of Sinophone, Anglophone, and Indigenous points of view

Essays

A researcher visits the UK National Archives in search of Malaya.

Essays

Three artistic works, recently showcased in Kuala Lumpur and beyond, suggest why it matters that we think about the history of the Malayan Emergency in concert with the contemporary COVID-19 and climate emergencies

Essays

Imagining the future through words and through kin

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A Filipina immigrant academic mourns and celebrates the aftermath of 1898.

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etc.books founder Akiko Matsuo on building a space for feminism and solidarity in Tokyo

Essays

A Truku writer on his relationship with his tribe’s traditional craft

Essays

In resistance, we are at the neck of injustice, holding our breath, proving our matter.

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A familial haunting returns a Palestinian writer to Arabic.

Essays

Every nonhuman living thing is held captive by our actions.

Essays

Climate change and development threaten the indigenous fisherfolk communities of Mumbai

Essays

A handful of lessons on saving the world

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How has climate change changed the way we write poetry?

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ただ空気が得体の知れぬ巨大な獸の吐息のようにねっとりと重たかった。| Only the air was heavy and moist, like the breath of an enormous, mysterious beast.

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On translators’ labor and invisibility