Fiction

The Left Behind

Fiction by Madiha Sattar September 13, 2017

"I live in fear of the day he will leave me again. But for now I am high on the intensity with which he says he loves me."

Asia & OceaniaConflict

Review

A Vanishing Hong Kong

By Tammy Lai-Ming Ho July 12, 2017

The latest story collection from the Hong Kong Writers Circle imagines dystopian futures.

Asia & OceaniaLit World

Report

The Mountain and the Dry Desert Are Mine

By Samira Shackle June 12, 2017

The contentious effort to transform a remote Pakistani town into the epicenter of the new world order.

Asia & OceaniaPolitics

Lives

The Last Ten Entries of Ren Hang’s Depression Diary

By Ren Hang, translated from the Chinese by Amanda Lee Koe May 26, 2017

The photographer and poet, before ending his life.

Asia & Oceania

Interview

Mohsin Hamid: Denuding Purity

By Umair Kazi April 27, 2017

The writer on the weirdness of migration, writing his wife into existence, and watching “The Real Housewives of Orange County” in Lahore.

Asia & OceaniaFamily & Relationships

Report

The Escapees of Bishkek

By Franco Galdini April 10, 2017

Torture, prison breaks, and executions—manipulating the terrorist threat in Kyrgyzstan.

Asia & OceaniaConflictJustice

Lives

Out of the Iron Closet

By Masha Udensiva-Brenner March 20, 2017

In search of acceptance, a gay Russian man seeks asylum in the United States.

Asia & OceaniaPolitics

Interview

Dana Tai Soon Burgess: American Tapestry

By Hillary Brenhouse January 30, 2017

The choreographer on making dance accessible and foregrounding Asian American stories

Arts & CultureAsia & OceaniaUSA

Interview

Krys Lee: Artificial Divides

By R.O. Kwon December 12, 2016

The author on North Korean border towns and writing fiction that seeks the unknown.

Arts & CultureAsia & OceaniaFamily & Relationships

Review

Breaking the Bars Open

By Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee August 17, 2016

Karthika Nair’s new book brings a new narrative to an old tale

Arts & CultureAsia & OceaniaLit World

Review

An Uncommon Short-Sighted Adolescent

By Sorin Alexandrescu August 5, 2016

Mircea Eliade's 1924 classic is now available in English translation, offering a rare glimpse into the often unseen Romania.

Asia & Oceania