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Confusion of Tongues

Fernanda Melchor

‘For a long time I avoided saying his name.’

Tell It Slant

Hilton Als

On Renata Adler’s Speedboat.

Notes on Craft

Oli Hazzard

Poet Oli Hazzard on writing his debut novel Lorem Ipsum, which is made up of one single 50,000-word sentence.

Tiki Girl

Amanda Lee Koe

‘One learns not to hold on too tightly to anything in Singapore’

The Safe Zone

Nina Mingya Powles

An essay from Small Bodies of Water, the winner of the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize.

Pebbles

Max Porter

A new story by Max Porter – part of our series in partnership with The Arts House, Singapore.

What’s in a Name?

Victoria Princewill

‘Names do not just carry intimacy, they determine the extent of it’.

Victoria Princewill on names and consent.

Some Trouble

Sharlene Teo

Sharlene Teo on getting in trouble – part of a new series, in partnership with The Arts House, Singapore.

Black Box

Shiori Ito

Shiori Ito has become integral to the #MeToo movement taking hold in Japan.

Remembering Janet Malcolm

Sigrid Rausing

‘The book is in my studio and I am about to go out and buy fresh glue’.

Breast or Tooth?

Tishani Doshi

‘A breast just casually hanging around, being a functional exocrine gland, enjoying the sun? Impossible.’

Tishani Doshi on women’s rights in India.

Stone Fruit

Lee Lai

From the new graphic novel by artist Lee Lai.

Notes on Craft

Kjersti A. Skomsvold

Kjersti A. Skomsvold on writing The Child, a book on motherhood and grief.

Notes on Craft

Jonathan Lee

The author of The Great Mistake discusses the importance of opening lines.