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This week, read Alyza Taguilaso’s long poem “The Story of Love,” an expansive, intergenerational piece that explores desire and unrequited love. (@lalalalalalyza) Read it at: sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week’s featured work is the flash personal essay “Name: Aye-Aye,” by Ai Jiang, who opens up about hating her non-English name and being teased for it in her school days. (@AiJiang_) Read it at sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This April, we'll be sharing the final few pieces before we take a break: works by Ai Jiang (@AiJiang_) and Alyza Taguilaso (@lalalalalalyza), which *will* gut you. Subscribe to get their works in your inbox! sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week, read the poem “Medieval Romance” by Kwan Ann Tan, who has crafted a sweeping adventure piece that shows the looting and other forms of violence during colonial times. (@KwanAnnTan) Read it at sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week’s featured work is “Field,” Isa Lorenzo’s short story about a real-life massacre in the Philippines, told from the perspective of a child, who now has to confront state violence. Read it at sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week, read “Stranger on the Street,” a poem by Anna Teresa Slater, who captures a sighting both sacred and mundane and lets it change her. (@AnnaSlater) Read it at sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week’s featured work is a personal essay from Pandan Weekly editor Stephanie Shi. “Alone with a Book” touches on the connections between reading books, friendship, and social media. (@stephwritescnf) Read it at sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week, check out “sound and colour,” Jonathan Chan’s poem that reckons with the financial challenges of and expectations on young adults today—something many of us here can relate to. Read it at sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This March: Read works by Jonathan Chan, @stephwritescnf, @AnnaSlater, Isa Lorenzo, & @KwanAnnTan! They offer an unflinching look at the lives of other people or the self, as shaped by current affairs. Subscribe to get their works in your inbox! sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week’s featured work is Yvanna Vien Tica’s poem “Prayer for the Kababayan,” which deftly examines the American occupation of the Philippines, trauma, and a culture of silence and forgetting. (@yvannavien) sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week, read Julienne Maui Castelo Mangawang’s poem “Queendom,” which deals with generational trauma and healing (with the help of nature) from the perspective of women. Check it out at sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

This week’s featured work is a short story about three friends and their relationship with their home: a jungle exploited by various groups and institutions. Read Damhuri Muhammad’s “Jungle Kids” here: sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan… (@damhurimuhammad)

Today, read “Blooming, Bloomed, Withered,” Gene Png’s translation of a Lee Wonha poem. According to Gene, “The poet once confessed she never felt an affinity with nature until she moved to Jeju seeking respite from an unrequited love.” (@robinbythedoor) sealitcircle.wixsite.com/pan…

Heads-up! We'll be closing submissions on February 28 (11:59 pm, GMT+8). We're making time to organize an exciting event—for this year!—so we'll be right back 😀 (Which is to say: Submit before we take a break!!)