Vol. 63 No. 1 (2026): SOUTHEAST ASIAN REVIEW OF ENGLISH (2026)

Tajuddin Ismail, Earthscape (Terrain II), acrylic on canvas, 2023.

Published: 01-07-2026

Full Issue

• June 2026 Editorial

Editorial

• Editorial Space and Spatiality

  Sharifah Aishah Osman

  i-vi

  • Editorial: Space and Spatiality

Articles

• Ambivalent Filiation: Cultural and Representational Mediation of Imperial Japan in The Samurai’s Garden

  Ludan Hu, Eugene Chua Kee Hong

  1-23

  • Ambivalent Filiation: Cultural and Representational Mediation of Imperial Japan in The Samurai’s Garden

• Econarratology and The Outsider/Insider Dynamic in Jajang Agus Sonjaya’s Manusia Langit

  Kristiawan Indriyanto, Nova Mawar Hutabarat

  24-46

  • Econarratology and The Outsider/Insider Dynamic in Jajang Agus Sonjaya’s Manusia Langit

• Subaltern Ghosts and the Spectral City: Marginalisation and Neoliberalism in Deepa Anappara’s Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

  Ishita Mehta, Smita Jha

  47-70

  • Subaltern Ghosts and the Spectral City: Marginalisation and Neoliberalism in Deepa Anappara’s Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

• Mapping Urban Informality and Splintering Infrastructure of Bengaluru in Simon Lamouret’s The Alcazar

  Ritam Sarkar, Somdatta Bhattacharya

  71-102

  • Mapping Urban Informality and Splintering Infrastructure of Bengaluru in Simon Lamouret’s The Alcazar

• Archival Anxiety and the Politics of Memory: A Decolonial Reading of Nadeem Aslam’s Season of the Rainbirds

  Mubashar Altaf, Huma Batool

  103-131

  • Archival Anxiety and the Politics of Memory: A Decolonial Reading of Nadeem Aslam’s Season of the Rainbirds

Interview

• Past, Present, And Future: An Interview with Malaysian Writer Chua Kok Yee

  Zainor Izat Zainal, Azalea Ahmad Kushairi

  132-145

  • Past, Present, And Future: An Interview with Malaysian Writer Chua Kok Yee

• In Memoriam: A Conversation with Mano Maniam (1945-2025), The Malaysian Shakespearean

  Adib Faiz

  146-164

  • In Memoriam: A Conversation with Mano Maniam (1945-2025), The Malaysian Shakespearean

Fiction & Poetry

• To my doctor from China

  Chuah Guat Eng

  165-166

  • To my doctor from China

• Trying to Understand Tagore on Guru Purnima and My First Tattoo

  Urna Bose

  167-170

  • Trying to Understand Tagore on Guru Purnima and My First Tattoo

• Chai Tiam Ma in Taman Betek

  Faith Yeo

  171-173

  • Chai Tiam Ma in Taman Betek

Book Reviews

• Book Review for In The Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam

  Chwan Shiuh Tan

  174-177

  • Book Review for In The Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam

Notes on Contributors

• Notes on Contributors

  Sharifah Aishah Osman

  178-181

  • Notes on Contributors