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A quarterly magazine of arts, literature, culture, politics, the environment and society in Asia, written by people from the region or those who know it well. Subscribe: https://mekongreview.com/subscribe/ Newsletter: https://bit.ly/mekongreviewweekly

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Earlier this year, we published our policy on AI—particularly generative AI—on our website. Read it here: mekongreview.com/mek...

Good news. Mekong Review is now available in Periplus shops in Bali, Jakarta and Surabaya.

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...

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...

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.

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-...

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.

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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-...

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...

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...

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