“Suitcase or coffin”: My story of fleeing Algeria as a young child

By Leha Brigitte My first birthday was on the road. My parents had just escaped from Algiers with me and … More

Lawrence Pettener interviews Malaysian poet Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I corresponded with Malaysian pioneer generation poet Shirley Lim in July this year. This interview was a written response to … More

A conversation with Malaysian poet Wong Phui Nam (part 1)

By Lawrence Pettener I was lucky enough to get a couple of interviews with national treasure, poet Wong Phui Nam … More

Gender swap apps aren’t just harmless fun for trans and non-binary people

By Finn See FaceApp recently gained popularity for its supposedly fun gender swapping filter, using artificial intelligence (AI) to ‘swap’ … More

A tale of bilateral uprooting

This story is a part of a series of essays submitted to The Culture Review Mag on the theme of … More

Masturah Alatas: I am a writer ex Malaysia, not an ex-Malaysian

This story is a part of a series of essays submitted to The Culture Review Mag on the theme of … More

Call for stories by The Culture Review Mag: #Perantauan

By editor In April, Malaysian author Preeta Samarasan, who is currently residing in France, wrote a heartfelt account about why … More

Malaysian writer Preeta Samarasan on how her country’s systemic racism forced her to move abroad and how she still mourns the loss of the nation which never quite accepted her

By Preeta Samarasan for The Culture Review Mag I grew up in a middle-class family in Ipoh, Malaysia in the … More

Malaysian literary event Readings turns 15. We interviewed Sharon Bakar who has been curating it for the past 13 years

By Mohani Niza (Main picture by Tina Isaacs) In 2005, Malaysian novelist, poet and educator Bernice Chauly created a literary … More

‘The Untold’: a memoir by Anonymous Brown Girl from Pakistan (chapters 1 – 3)

By Nafs Chapter 1: “You are your own hell” I was four when my father left my mother all alone … More