I lived in Iruma in Japan, just a forty-five minute express train ride through concrete and hills dotted with statues of former trees shaded with white snow from Tokyo, a place they still call the biggest city in the world. In my view, it is most certainly the biggest city in the world since the city began in my town, of course they don’t say it does but there is not a break in civilisation along the Seibu-Ikebukuro line. Aerials look like winter branches. Shiseido is a cliff face. Ebisu …

This piece takes up after the famous British sociologist, Paul Gilroy, who sought to redefine anti-racism by abandoning the analytical relevance of the term ‘race’ altogether. His arguments, which are too substantial and nuanced to rehearse here, are set out in ‘Race ends here’ (1998) and ‘Against Race’ (2000). The present reflection upon Gilroy, however, has been in part prompted by the US presidential campaign.
Fetishes aren’t all unhealthy. Some of them can be kind of fun. But I want to rely upon the kind of fetishism that implies an ‘unhealthy …

Hey there Hello Kitty lovers, how are you going?  I hope you’re coping well.  I know how difficult it is but you’re doing a great job trying to suppress your love for this adorable kitten. Don’t worry now, your suffering will soon be put to an end.   The withdrawals will become more and more infrequent. Your pain and misery will be put to an end.  No longer will you have to struggle with the urge to google “Hello Kitty”, visit the Sanrio website or make a trip to Chinatown to …

EVERY MORNING’S RAINBOW
Written in Chinese by Qi Guo
Translated into English by Ouyang Yu
A red hat
An orange tie
A yellow shirt
A green coat
A black trousers

Poetry by Tammy Ho Lai Ming and Tass Holmes.

Nam Le’s first anthology of short stories “The Boat” has met with critical and commercial success internationally. Peril was lucky enough to catch him on the run.

The installation Pho Dog provoked a reaction from the Vietnamese Community Association in Western Australia.