“On this terrible morning, everything is relentless—” ~ Fatimah Busu, “The Lovers of Muharram” An Ordinary Tale About Women and Other Stories, recently published by Penguin Random House SEA, gathers my translations of ten of Fatimah Busu’s most searing short stories. These narratives, steeped in the rhythms and struggles of rural Malay life, … Continue reading "Pauline Fan, Beyond Redemption: Fatimah Busu and the Reckoning of Malay Literature"