A guest essay from Shesshsan Balakrishnan on a birthday vigil for a 37-year-old man on death row in Malaysia; a visit to Brilliant Time, a Southeast Asian bookstore & library; and a jazz podcast.
Thank you for another transporting and enlightening newsletter. I want to make this request into a poem: "Photos of pets, gardens, pets in gardens, wild animals, skies, clouds, and moons are especially welcome." Some day.
Good to hear from Shesshsan Balakrishnan on Hoo Yew Wah's case, thank you! In case it's instructive for further context, I had written a story on another Malaysian case sometime ago: https://newnaratif.com/life-death-and-the-in-between/, which also contains comparative insights from the Taiwan Innocence Project. In Singapore, Kirsten Han does invaluable work advocating for abolishing the death penalty: https://www.wethecitizens.net
Thank you for another transporting and enlightening newsletter. I want to make this request into a poem: "Photos of pets, gardens, pets in gardens, wild animals, skies, clouds, and moons are especially welcome." Some day.
Good to hear from Shesshsan Balakrishnan on Hoo Yew Wah's case, thank you! In case it's instructive for further context, I had written a story on another Malaysian case sometime ago: https://newnaratif.com/life-death-and-the-in-between/, which also contains comparative insights from the Taiwan Innocence Project. In Singapore, Kirsten Han does invaluable work advocating for abolishing the death penalty: https://www.wethecitizens.net