New Malaysian Essays - Vol 2

Vol 2 (ISBN 9789834359683) features ten writers and was edited by Amir Muhammad.

• Shanon Shah's The Khutbah Diaries, about political Islam
• Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi's The Architecture of Putrajaya, about the administrative capital
• Ridhwan Saidi's Hari-Hari Terakhir Seorang Flâneur (in Malay), partly a manifesto about urban spaces
• Danny Lim's Aku, Hang & Demo, a pictorial record of street demonstrations
• Amir Muhammad's Of Jackfruit and Kings, about the monarchy
• Ann Lee's The Theme Park of Pulau Jerejak, about leprosy
• Amir Sharipuddin's Blue, Black & White: How I Survived National Service, a journal
• Yusuf Martin's Colourful Language, a critique of American influence in culture
• Andrew Ng's A Cultural History of Pontianak Films, a survey of this horror film subgenre
• Jac sm Kee's Boundary Monsters in a Time of Magic, a feminist reading of ghosts and new technology.

The cover features a detail from a digital artwork by Yee I-Lann.
The launch date of 4 July 2009 was a jokey reference to the essay by Yusuf Martin.