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Lawrence Pettener interviews Malaysian poet Shirley Geok-lin Lim
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Dutch film director Jos Stelling: “My movies reflect the eternal struggle of opposites”
By Anastasiia Shkuro for The Culture Review Mag The maverick movie director Jos Stelling is from Holland. Ironically, he is…
‘Our Mothers’ Land’ spotlights the fight by Indonesian women against corporate greed
By Mohani Niza Watching ‘Our Mothers’ Land’, one cannot help but feel inspired: the 55-minute documentary film, produced by Mongabay…
Poetry is dead. Long live poetry
By Lawrence Pettener Who said Malaysian poetry in English was dead? Many have tried to convince me but they should…
Masturah Alatas: “What is Malay civilisation and why call it a civilisation?”
By Masturah Alatas Over the years and not just recently, I have come across Malaysians of both scholarly and lay…
A conversation with Malaysian poet Wong Phui Nam (final part)
By Lawrence Pettener (For the first part of the interview, click here). Lawrence Pettener You give us a lot of…
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