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{Written by Janice Tsang, this review is part of Issue 40 (July 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Monette Bichsel, Lenny Kaye Bugayong and Lily C. Fen (editors), Bending Without Breaking: Thirteen Women’s Stories of Migration…
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[Download Wilson’s selected text here.] [Return to Table of Contents.] WILSON LEUNG 梁允信 is a barrister whose legal practice focuses on commercial litigation and constitutional law. Before turning to law, he studied philosophy at the London School of Economics and…
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[Download Akin’s selected text here.] [Return to Table of Contents.] Canadian poet AKIN JEJE lives in Hong Kong. His works have been published and featured in Canada and Hong Kong. His poetry collection Smoked Pearl was a semi-finalist for the…
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[Mary’s selected poems, both by Liu Xiabao, can be found below.] [Return to Table of Contents.] 〈卡夫卡：我對你說 —- 給酷愛卡夫卡的妻〉 卡夫卡，我对你说 在透明的蓝天下 想起你 肯定是一种亵渎 但我分明在蓝天下 在半个苍白的月亮中 看见了你 你那双受虐狂的眼睛 瞳人的正中 晃动着你爹的皮带 皮带的后面是一张咀嚼的大嘴 而更深处是漆黑、寒冷的阳台 你惊恐于 自己的瘦弱和父亲的伟岸 如同耗子惊恐于猫的敏捷 于是，你的笔 变成一棵老树上 最早干枯却 最后折断的枝杈 历尽疯狂的沧桑 复归于平静…
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[Nashua’s selected poem can be found below.] [Return to Table of Contents.] Your Lifelong Prisoner by Liu Xiaobo, written from prison [via.] To Xia My dear, I’ll never give up the struggle for freedom from the oppressors’ jail, but I’ll be…
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[Download Kai-cheung’s selected text here.] [Return to Table of Contents.] Dung Kai-cheung 董啟章 was born in Hong Kong in 1967 and received his BA and MPhil in comparative literature at the University of Hong Kong. He has won several literary…
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[Patrick’s selected text can be found below.] [Return to Table of Contents.] from Liu Xiaobo’s last statement, “I Have No Enemy”: . “Hatred can rot away at a person’s intelligence and conscience. Enemy mentality will poison the spirit of a…
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[Susan’s poem can be found below.] [Return to Table of Contents.] Liu Xiao Bo has Left China by Susan Lavender 柳安霞 Adam’s rib: she remained part of him, To the last, even when the light was so dim. She…
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[Download Michael’s selected text here.] [Return to Table of Contents.] Originally from Ireland, MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN is a Hong Kong-based academic, teacher and writer. He is also an editor of Hong Kong Studies, the first academic journal devoted entirely to Hong Kong.…
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[Download Mei Kwan’s selected text here.] [Return to Table of Contents.] NG MEI KWAN 吳美筠 is a well-established Hong Kong writer with substantial experience in both creative and media writing. Her first poetry collection won an award as Outstanding…
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