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