Archive - Movable Worlds

How do you read and annotate?

Sometimes, I read books like it's homework—and maybe I shouldn't 😅

Sep 30 •

August 2024

Of marsh and limestone

Postcards from Vietnam's Van Long Nature Reserve + readings + joy, wherever it is found.

Aug 14 •

July 2024

May 2024

April 2024

Surprising transmissions

Unexpected ways in which viruses and other pathogens have spread and infected us + notes on zoonoses. (A companion letter to a story I wrote last year.)

Apr 18 •

March 2024

Living in a world not of our own making — etc.

The digest: including postcards from KL + an old letter about people watching in Dubrovnik during the pandemic + readings + joy, wherever it is found.

Mar 5 •

February 2024

Companion letter: Reconsidering "plot" in fiction

Thinking about how Abang Adik worked the death penalty into its plot made me reconsider how to write a piece of short fiction I've been trying to…

Feb 29 •

Living in a world not of our own making

On Abang Adik and the tragedy of statelessness in Malaysia & what fiction may do, differently from journalism, for social justice. (Plus: a companion…

Feb 29 •

Turning another page — etc.

The digest: including postcards from Singapore + an old letter about travelling alone as a woman + readings + joy, wherever it is found.

Feb 15 •

Turning another page

Feeling a creative shift, willing myself to begin again...

Feb 8 •

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