FOUNDING EDITOR :
Malachi Edwin Vethamani
JOINT EDITOR :
Danton Remoto
COPY EDITOR :
Augustine Chay
WEB EDITOR :
Kayven Chew Kian Tatt
Cover photograph by Benjamin Achrainer
MMOJ is published by Ardent and Paramount Enterprise
e-ISSN : 2773-5613
– EDITORIAL –
– POETRY –
Kennedy Gisege,
Bitter Faith, Break from Madness,
Insides like the Kora and
Scattered like Yellow Feathers
Cameron Morse,
New Snow, A Field of Geese, Dad Bod, and Snow Pellets
Paul Brucker,
A High School Night between 12:16 and 12:19
Vernon Daim,
Night Train
John Grey,
Basking, In a Recent Dream, and That Failed First Attempt
Julian Matthews,
Face It
Lawrence Petterner,
Celine
Sanket Mhatre,
A Distinct Memory of Colours
– FICTION –
Unni Menon,
The Tiffin Carrier Man
John Martino,
Minor Characters
Scott Henderson,
Chipped Pieces
Joseph Pearl,
Sincerely, Asthma
– CREATIVE NONFICTION –
Stephen S. Howie,
Katabasis
– BOOK REVIEWS –
Shanthini Pillai,
Review of
Shivani Sivagurunathan’s ‘Yalpanam’ (2021)
– INTERVIEWS WITH 5 YOUNG MALAYSIAN POETS –
The Editors,
Introduction to the Feature on 5 Young Malaysian Poets
Section I
Interview with Lim Jack Kin
Interview with Fikri Ahmad
Interview with Yee Heng Yeh
Interview with Ismim Putera
Interview with Joseph Lu
Section II
Wong Phui Nam,
Advice to Young Poets
– A SPECIAL FEATURE ON EDWIN THUMBOO –
The Editors,
Introduction to the Special Feature on Edwin Thumboo
Part I
Edwin Thumboo,
A Stitch …. in Time
Edwin Thumboo,
1st April ’45, 42 Monk’s Hill Terrace, Newton; Jonathan before Gilboa, and Uncle Never Knew
Edwin Thumboo,
The English Anthology in Singapore and Southeast Asia
Nilanjana Segupta,
The Votive Pen: Writings on Edwin Thumboo
Part II
Oliver BH Seet,
Edwin
Heng Siok Tian,
Portraiture: A Known Citizen
Robert Yeo,
Words for E.T.
Cyril Wong,
That Final Place
Eric Tinsay Valles,
Prof’s Feast
Wong Phui Nam,
A Fire Easter