Selected Publications
Full portfolio available here.
Essays
- ‘Building a bouquet: On bilateral and international anthologies in Singapore’, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 24 No. 2 Apr 2025 – Trading off the orchard for an apple, April 2025
- ‘On Memory’, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, 30 October 2024
- ‘Postcard from Houston: love, memory, and oil’, Jom Magazine, 5 July 2024
- With Tan Jing Min, ‘Hospitality as justice – Addressing homelessness in Singapore’, The Methodist Message Vol 125 No. 8 August 2023: Hospitality as justice – Addressing homelessness in Singapore (Singapore, August 2023)
- ‘Resisting the Impulse of Self-Optimization’, Christianity Today, 29 March 2023
- ‘To One Kneeling Down No Word Came’, The Yale Logos Volume 13 Issue 1: Toil, December 2022
- ‘A brief history of Koreans in Singapore’, Jom Magazine, 18 November 2022
- ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’, Inheritance Magazine, 3 November 2022
- ’On Hermeneutics and Poetry’, Ekstasis Magazine, 13 September 2022
- ‘Of O’Hara and Williams and Olson’, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 21 No. 2 Apr 2022 – Without a tsar in the head, 30 April 2022
- ‘The Way Our Landscapes Overlap’, Ekstasis Magazine, 17 March 2022
- ’On representation’, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 21 No. 1 Jan 2022 – Lost in the right direction, 31 January 2022
- With Tan Jing Min, ‘Understanding Race and the Church in Singapore’, Ethos Institute for Public Christianity, 3 May 2021
- ‘Simulating Violence’, SP Blog, Singapore Unbound, 26 March 2021
- ‘Saying Goodbye to America’, SP Blog, Singapore Unbound, 7 January 2021
- ‘Forms of Loss’, Stories Journal Issue 3 (2020), Singapore International Film Festival Film Academy, 4 December 2020
- ‘The Effervescent Expression’, Ekstasis Magazine Issue 7, 21 November 2020
- ‘Race and the Mind’, Just Love, 29 July 2020
- ‘Praise for a mutilated world’, Zeteo Magazine, 30 April 2020
Academic Writing
- (forthcoming) Critical Introduction to Boey Kim Cheng, poetry.sg
- ‘Critical Introduction to Ang Shuang’, poetry.sg, 4 November 2024
- ‘Recording the Emergency: On the historical fiction of Jin Zhimang, Anthony Burgess, and Han Suyin’, Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 96, Part 1 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2023)
- ‘Approaches to Erudition: ‘wen’ in Song China and ‘Adab’ in the Abbasid Caliphate’ in China Hands, Vol. 7, Issue I, Spring 2023 (New Haven, Connecticut, March 2023)
- ‘Spiritual Ecology: Nature and the Divine in the Poetry of R. S. Thomas’, Among Winter Cranes Vol. 6 Issue 1 | Winter 2023 (New Haven, Connecticut, USA, January 2023)
- ‘Let’s go home!’: Representing Space and Time through Travel and Photographs in ‘Zainichi’ Cinema’, Film Criticism 46.2, University of Michigan, December 2022
- ‘Shincheonji and Religion Policy in Singapore’, Singapore Policy Journal, Harvard Kennedy School, 16 June 2022
- ‘Critical Introduction to Hedwig Anuar’, poetry.sg, 12 February 2022
- ‘Situating Gregory Doran’s Julius Caesar (2012): The Legacies of Shakespeare in Africa’, Global Conversations: A collection of essays, short fiction, and poetry, University of Cambridge, December 2021
- ‘Critical Introduction to Wang Gungwu’, poetry.sg, 11 June 2021
- ‘Cultural memory and war in the poetry of Theresa Cha and Ocean Vuong’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 20 No. 2 Apr 2021 – Not by a long shot (Singapore, May 2021)
- ‘‘They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them’: The role of memory in the poems of John Clare’ in The Foundationalist Vol. V, Issue II (Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin College, January 2021)
- ‘Britain’s National Anxiety and the Far East in the Early 18th Century’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 20 No.1 Jan 2021 – Quadriceps crying out for oxygen (Singapore, January 2021)
- ‘this migrant soul enriches this earth’: Migration in East Asian Literature’ in Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies (Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto, November 2020)
Criticism and Reviews
- (forthcoming) ‘Review of Say Fire by Selma Asotić’ in Diode Poetry Journal (Doha, Qatar, and Richmond, Virginia, USA, August 2026)
- (forthcoming) Review of I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (Singapore, 2026)
- (forthcoming) Review of Ginsberg, sing me a jiwang song! by nor in ONLY POEMS (Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 2026)
- (forthcoming) Review of The Drop Off by David Stavanger in ONLY POEMS (Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 2026)
- ‘Reading the Gap: Indeterminacy, Translation, and Legacy in She Follows No Progression: Review of She Follows No Progression: A Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Reader, edited by Juwon Jun and Rachel Valinsky’ in Cha: An Asian Journal (Hong Kong, February 2026)
- ‘A Fully Realised Debut for the Disenfranchised: Review of What God Took Your Legs Away by Wahid Al Mamun’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 25 No. 1 Jan 2026 – Decline and Fall (Singapore, January 2026)
- ‘Poetic Angers Against Violences: Review of 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem by Nam Le’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 24 No. 4 Oct 2025 – Uchiage Hanabi (Singapore, October 2025) (Singapore, October 2025)
- ‘The ‘Eking’ of Meaning: Reading Within and Between Warped Lines: Review of Eke by Wahidah Tambee’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 24 No. 3 – This Mortal Coil (Singapore, July 2025)
- ‘A Poetics of Witness: Jeddie Sophronius’s Interrogation Records’ in The Rumpus (Asheville, North Carolina, USA, February 2025)
- ‘Poetry as a necessary act of posterity: Review of Indeterminate Inflorescence: Notes from a poetry class by Lee Seong-bok, translated by Anton Hur’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 24 No. 1 – Sit down calmly, take a stress pill… (Singapore, January 2025)
- ‘Global Asia: New Pathways for Singapore Studies: Review of Becoming Global Asia: Contemporary Genres of Postcolonial Capitalism in Singapore by Cheryl Narumi Naruse’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 23 No. 3 – The rest is silence (Singapore, July 2024)
- ’Fertile Birthsoil: A Translation That Binds: Review of Chronicles of a Village by Nguyễn Thanh Hiện, translated by Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 23 No. 2 – Hasta la vista, baby (Singapore, April 2024)
- ‘Meeting silence with silence: A review of Willie Lin’s Conversations Among Stones‘ in Soapberry Review (Los Angeles, California, USA, March 2024)
- ‘Loss and Discovery: The Important Reconstruction of Mervin Mirapuri’s Last Work: Review of A Walk with My Pig by Mervin Mirapuri’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 23 No. 1 – Tomorrow’s winds will blow tomorrow (Singapore, January 2024)
- ‘Getting Up To Fight: Review of Diaries of a Terrorist by Christopher Soto’ in Suspect Journal (New York, USA, August 2023)
- ‘Shaping a Critical Disability Studies for Singapore: Review of Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore, ed. Kuansong Victor Zhuang, Meng Ee Wong and Dan Goodley’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 22 No. 3 – If there is a multiverse, it rhymes (Singapore, July 2023)
- ‘Different Shades of the Colour Brown: Review of Brown Is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, ed. Kristian-Marc James Paul, Mysara Aljaru, and Myle Yan Tay’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol 22 No. 2 – Which rose make ours, which lily leave (Singapore, April 2023)
- ‘A springtime of witness and courage: Review of Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: witness poems and essays from Myanmar (1988-2021), ed. Ko Ko Thett and Brian Haman’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 21 No. 3 Jul 2022 – Chicken and egg (Singapore, July 2022)
- ‘‘so imminent yet so beyond reach’: On Jevon Chandra’s AMSR, ‘The Faraway Nearby’’, Art & Market, 21 March 2022
- ‘Cut and press: Review of Mok Zining’s The Orchid Folios’ in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 20 No. 2 Apr 2021 – Not by a long shot (Singapore, May 2021)
- ‘‘Like surrendering to a current’: On Pham Ngoc Lân’s The Unseen River‘, Stories Journal Issue 1 (2020), Singapore International Film Festival Film Academy, 26 November 2020
Journalism and Articles
- ‘“One Can Talk to a Tree and Feel Alive”: Interview with Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng’, SUSPECT, 22 November 2024
- ‘Linying’s three chords and a truth’, Jom Magazine, 24 November 2023
- ‘The crossings of Boey Kim Cheng’, Jom Magazine, 18 August 2023
- ‘Interview with David Wong Hsien Ming’, Harvest & Wine, TheGroup.sg, 15 May 2023
- ‘Interview with Christopher Tan’, Harvest & Wine, TheGroup.sg, 14 April 2022
- ‘The State of the Decolonise English Movement’, Varsity, 12 June 2020
- ‘Rethinking the canon’, Varsity, 5 October to 2 December 2018
– ‘Rethinking the canon with Leonard Yip’
– ‘Rethinking the canon: the underdogs of literature’
– ‘Rethinking the canon: dismantling the colonial mindset’
– ‘Rethinking the canon: building solidarity’
– ‘Rethinking the canon: unsettling paradigms’
– ‘Rethinking the canon: the burdens of representation’
– ‘Rethinking the canon: driving discussions with PhD student Sarah Jilani’
– ‘Rethinking the canon: to know and be known’ - ‘The shape of home: homesickness in 12 sketches’, Varsity, 3 July 2018
Books and Book Chapters
- Edited with Ng Chiew Hong, Singapore Literature Conference Monograph 2021 and 2023: Selected Proceedings, (Singapore: Poetry Festival Singapore, July 2024)
- ‘A tale of two enfants terribles: On Alfian Sa’at and Ng Kim Chew’, The Second Link: An Anthology Of Malaysian And Singaporean Writing, ed. Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Hamid Roslan, Melizarani T. Silva, and William Tham Wai Liang (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International, October 2023)
- ‘On Foreignness’ in Good News for Bruised Reeds — Colours of the Kingdom (Singapore: Graceworks, April 2021)
Translated Essays
- With Tay Ying Xuan, ‘Critical Introduction to Yeng Pway Ngon: The Persistence of Existence and Tenacity‘, poetry.sg, 28 November 2023
- With Yap Hao Yang, ‘Critical Introduction to Wang Mun Kiat: An Inch Shorter, An Inch Riskier: The Evolution of Wang Mun Kiat’s Poetics’, poetry.sg, 28 November 2023
- ‘Critical Introduction to Tan Chee Lay: The Metamorphosis of Poetry: Examining Sentimentality and Cultural Phenomena in the Poetry of Tan Chee Lay’, poetry.sg, 27 November 2023
- ‘Critical Introduction to Liang Wern Fook: Continuing to Fall in Love With Time’, poetry.sg, 27 November 2023
- With Theodorus Ng, ‘Critical Introduction to Ting Kheng Siong: Historical Memoirs and Lyrical Narratives’, poetry.sg, 9 November 2023
- With Tay Jun Hao, ‘Critical Introduction to Pan Cheng Lui: Personal Journeys and A Nation’s History: Intertwined Experiences’, poetry.sg, 9 November 2023
- ‘Critical Introduction to Chua Chim Kang: Against Two Cities: The Lost Moonlight: An Analysis of Chua Chim Kang’s Forgetting The Moonlight If One Cannot Start Again’, poetry.sg, 9 November 2023
- ‘Critical Introduction to Xie Qing: The “Poisonous Weed” of an Era’, poetry.sg, 8 November 2023
- ‘Critical Introduction to Xi Ni Er: Disappointment Is Not the Same as Loss: Parody and Mockery of a Lost Culture’, poetry.sg, 8 November 2023
Devotional material
- With Sng Li-Hwei, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd: Daily Exercises of Faith’, CCMC Loaves+Fishes, Singapore, June 2025
- With Sng Li-Hwei, ‘On Joyful, Joyful’, CCMC Loaves+Fishes, Singapore, December 2024
- ‘The Surprising Arrival of a Servant’ in A Time for Wonder – The Days of Advent Through the Eyes of Worship: A Devotional from Christianity Today, October 2024
- With Sng Li-Hwei, ‘On ‘Total Praise’’, CCMC Loaves+Fishes, Singapore, March 2024
- Liturgies for Just Love’s National Gathering 2023: ‘Another World is Possible’, London, United Kingdom, November 2023
- ‘Against Bitterness’, The Yale Logos, 11 March 2022
Miscellaneous
- The Second Link: An Anthology Of Malaysian And Singaporean Writing named a Best Book of the Year 2023 by The Straits Times
- The Second Link: An Anthology Of Malaysian And Singaporean Writing named a Best Book of the Year 2023 by SUSPECT
- Write-up on Parasite for Alexander Kloss’s ‘The Greatest Films of All Time: An Alternative to Sight & Sound’, January 2023
- Participant in the 31st Singapore International Film Festival’s Youth Jury & Critics Programme, November to December 2020