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Editorial Team
- Mar 23
- 3 min
The Relativity of Language and Culture - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
After I say that I grew up bilingual, most people immediately ask me which language I learnt first, a question I don’t know the answer...

Editorial Team
- Feb 23
- 9 min
Nationalism & Sports—What Governments Can Do to Limit Violent Sporting Habits - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
According to surveys and studies from Pew Research Centre, a leading American think-tank, high rates of nationalism can still be seen in...

Editorial Team
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Fairy of Winter Night Sweet - Poem by Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
As my sandalwood candle goes out wisping smoke into the witching hour I dream of ocean waves. Crashing like lightning, the froth inedible...

Editorial Team
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Red Dragon - Prose by Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
I am biased in my love for the spring. The spring brings with it blooming cherry blossoms and cold air that doesn’t cut on its way across...

Editorial Team
- Dec 22, 2021
- 8 min
Prose Feature: Wild Countryside of Childhood Past - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
With the monkeys tapping on the windows, I grew. In fields of wild grass and scattered boulders, I ran. Under trees, flowers, the...

Editorial Team
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Short Biography of Rabindranath Tagore - Talha Hasan
Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, was born on May 7th, 1861. He was born into the...

Editorial Team
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
To Relearn a Language - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
A native language is a difficult thing to lose. Not difficult in the sense that it is physically hard, but more in the sense of the...

Editorial Team
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
The Cost of Independence - Talha Hasan
15 August 1947. A historical day in the Indian subcontinent. It was the day India gained independence from the British at the cost of...

Editorial Team
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
ISSUE 4 IS OUT NOW!
Issue 4 is finally here! Make sure to check it out on our Issues page and read the amazing work we've been waiting to share with you....

Editorial Team
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Bitter Truth: Al Qaeda Won the War on Terror - Talha Hasan
11 September 2001. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. The deadliest terror attack in the history of the world occurred in...

Editorial Team
- Sep 29, 2021
- 5 min
The Art of Queer Coding in Mainland China - Part One: The Untamed - Chiu-Yi Rachel Ngai
Currently in mainland China, there are censorship laws in place that forbid the display of LGBTQ themes in visual media, leading to a...

Editorial Team
- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry Feature: O Kabul - Talha Hasan
O Kabul, What haven't you been through! What misery you didn't face! What sorrows you don't bear! What horrors you don't know! O Kabul!...

Editorial Team
- Sep 8, 2021
- 5 min
How Sustainable is Reading? - Murielle Müller
As my gaze wanders from the news of burning forests to the books on my shelves, I feel a twinge in my heart, and I begin to wonder how...

Editorial Team
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Prose Staff Feature: Lily of the Red River Valley - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
They say to never start a story with ‘once upon a time’, but how else would you start one like this? Once upon a time, it was a dark and...

Editorial Team
- Aug 18, 2021
- 7 min
Why Are Disability Rights Not Talked About Among Youth?
Even though I was born into the disability community, I knew nothing about the words “disability rights” until I turned 13. Wanting to...

Editorial Team
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
Review: "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield - Sam Habashy
I recently read the short story “The Garden Party” written in 1922 by Katherine Mansfield alongside How to Read Literature like a...

Editorial Team
- Aug 4, 2021
- 3 min
Why Texting Makes Me Anxious - Murielle Müller
Living alone during a pandemic has made it very hard not to rely on social media and my phone to connect with my friends and family....

Editorial Team
- Jul 28, 2021
- 4 min
Internalised Ableism and Language - Murielle Müller
I didn’t know what internalised ableism meant until I encountered it first-hand. I tried to convince myself that my body had to be able...

Editorial Team
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
ISSUE 3 OUT NOW!
We are so excited to announce that our third issue is out! You can read it now under the "Issues" tab here on our website. Thank you all...