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Survival Instinct by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
A personal essay about memory, childhood, and sisterhood, with insights from Star Trek: Voyager.
The Place of the Setting Sun by Dihya Ammar
A short story that maps the difficult path of loving a parent that hurts you, taking one’s leave, and breaking that cycle of pain.
We Taught You Not To Love by Rashini D Selvasegaran
A poem and conversation with a late loved one on their mistakes.
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Rashini D Selvasegaran
Fallen fruit, olden tree, sun-baked soil by Zo Navarro
A piece that attempts to understand one’s childhood, familial relationships, and gender roles and expectations.
English Goth by Nick Armbrister
A story of people who fall for each other after meeting at a club’s goth dance night.
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ANOTHER WRITER
Sa Bahay ni Lola Taba by Jeanilyn Kwan
A poem about visiting one’s hometown and the dissonance that arises from it.
A Neighbourhood Built on Wisdom by Fechia Ditama
A poem about learning to love a place one did not choose to live in.
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Fechia Ditama
Old Cucumber Soup by Wu Xueting
A thirty-year-old woman struggles with self-doubt and living on her own for the first time.
As I Ponder and Wonder by Soy Avocado
An ode to what enriches one’s past, present, and future.
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Jennifer Leong
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Earthrise by Li Huijia
A short science-fiction piece that touches on ageing and losing a loved one.
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Jia
Smoke and Sweetness by Zhui Ning Chang
A florist ponders on her relationship with her granddaughter and her legacy.
permissible land animals by Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo
A poem on Israeli-Palestinian violence based on the Gaza Strip wiki page.
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