Chan Eng Thai the man may steel himself against disappointment by adopting the pose of a fatalist, but Chan the poet wields his words with a vigour that stubbornly defies the fading of the light. 📖: mekongreview.com/sav...
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This is what you have to do to navigate life in Vietnam: accept that things are precarious and constantly vulnerable to change. 📖: mekongreview.com/mou...
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If you’re based in Singapore, come check out our booth at the Singapore Independent Media Fair on Saturday (25 July) from 1–7pm at Golden Village Cineleisure! Our latest issue will be available at a discounted price, and a selection of back issues will also be available for a suggested donation ⭐️
Even if you declare yourself politically apathetic, politics still has a way of seeking you out and banging on your door. 📖: mekongreview.com/whe...
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Don't miss out! Subscribe to Mekong Review by 10 July to make sure you get added to our mailing list for the August–October 2026 issue. Subscriptions placed after 10 July will start with the November 2026–January 2027 print issue instead. Subscribe now: mekongreview.com/sub...
Don't miss out! Subscribe to Mekong Review by 10 July to make sure you get added to our mailing list for the August–October 2026 issue. Subscriptions placed after 10 July will start with the November 2026–January 2027 print issue instead. Subscribe now: mekongreview.com/sub...
Would you like to see Mekong Review in your library? Institutional subscriptions are available, covering our entire archive as well as upcoming issues. Recommend us to your librarian or reach out for more information: institutions.exacted...
'Arnold Is A Model Student', a film by Sorayos Prapapan, shines a light on unfairness within the Thai education system, challenging the notion of what it means to be a “model” within broken structures. 📖: mekongreview.com/flo...
Is the twenty-first century an Asian one? According to former Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan, this is entirely the wrong question to be asking. 📖: mekongreview.com/wha...
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I've been asked if this was a reaction to @mekongreview.com running into issues with AI use among our contributors. It isn't, actually—I've not come across anything that's raised red flags while editing. But that doesn't mean we can assume that we'll never have to deal with AI.
Mekong Review@mekongreview.com · 2mo agoEarlier this year, we published our policy on AI—particularly generative AI—on our website. Read it here: mekongreview.com/mek...
Mother Mary Comes To Me is Arundhati Roy’s most astute political act; in it, she fearlessly makes her most intimate confessions and, by doing so, reclaims the conditions under which she can be known. 📖: mekongreview.com/of-...
Earlier this year, we published our policy on AI—particularly generative AI—on our website. Read it here: mekongreview.com/mek...
The publication of The Albatross File: Inside Separation is very welcome for those with an interest in the Singapore story—though less for the hitherto secret documents it reproduces and more for the hitherto secret oral histories. Read now: mekongreview.com/kee...
Good news. Mekong Review is now available in Periplus shops in Bali, Jakarta and Surabaya.
Mekong Review@mekongreview.com · 3mo agoWe're excited to share that Mekong Review is now available in Periplus in Indonesia! Pick up a copy of our latest issue at your nearest P+ shop or find us the next time you fly into Indonesia through one of the P+ airport terminal shops.
We're excited to share that Mekong Review is now available in Periplus in Indonesia! Pick up a copy of our latest issue at your nearest P+ shop or find us the next time you fly into Indonesia through one of the P+ airport terminal shops.
Packed with prose, poetry, stories, and reportage, Tsering Woeser's Ocean, as Much as Rain is essential reading for all Tibetans and for anyone who wants to understand what it means to live under colonial occupation. Read the review: mekongreview.com/wri...
I wrote for @mekongreview.com about the time Air India gifted Dali a baby elephant, which the artist pledged to ride across the Alps like Hannibal, a plan that was almost immediately abandoned when he realised that owning an elephant sucks mekongreview.com/takeoff-and-...
Our May–July 2026 issue is now available online! If you subscribe to our newsletter, you should have received the email announcement that you can use as a digital contents page: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2318...
"Ocean, as Much as Rain" [...] is essential reading for all Tibetans and for anyone who wants to understand what it means to live under colonial occupation. Read Bhuchung D. Sonam's review in @mekongreview.com mekongreview.com/writing-back/ @woeser.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
Writing back - Mekong Review
Packed with prose, poetry, stories, and reportage, Ocean, as Much as Rain is essential reading for all Tibetans and for anyone who wants to understand what it means to live under colonial occupation.
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Here’s a bit more background on how Reyshimar rendered such a beautiful cover for us @mekongreview.com
Mekong Review@mekongreview.com · 3mo agoNotes from Reyshimar Arguelles (@reyshist) on his process of illustrating our May–April 2026 cover 😍
One of the perks of my job as @mekongreview.com's editor is that I get the first peek at the cover art for every issue. So glad to have the opportunity to work with Asian artists on our covers and showcase their work!
Mekong Review@mekongreview.com · 3mo agoNotes from Reyshimar Arguelles (@reyshist) on his process of illustrating our May–April 2026 cover 😍
Notes from Reyshimar Arguelles (@reyshist) on his process of illustrating our May–April 2026 cover 😍
I was really into Disney films as a kid and shed many tears watching Bambi and never knew the story of Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American artist who was the lead production illustrator.
Mekong Review@mekongreview.com · 3mo agoArtist Tyrus Wong’s extraordinary 106 years on earth, told in meticulous detail by Karen Fang, is a story of resilience and triumph. Read the review by Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 at mekongreview.com/i-a...
Artist Tyrus Wong’s extraordinary 106 years on earth, told in meticulous detail by Karen Fang, is a story of resilience and triumph. Read the review by Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 at mekongreview.com/i-a...
Our May–July 2026 issue has been added to our online store! If you'd like to order a print copy (or even more than one!) head over to ko-fi.com/mekongrevi...
