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    CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: First Impressions, Essays, En Route, Xi Xiβ€”Can We Say, Write to Power, and Auditory Cortex

    Header artwork by Annysa Ng 茢 First Impressionsclick for information 茢 Essays click for information 茢 En Routeclick for information 茢 XI XIβ€”Can We Sayclick for information 茢 Write to Powerclick for information 茢 Auditory Cortexclick for information

  • [REVIEW] β€œThe Mountains Speak: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π»π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘™π‘Žπ‘¦π‘Žπ‘› π΄π‘Ÿπ‘β€ by Abhinav Tulachan

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œThe Mountains Speak: The Himalayan Arc” by Abhinav Tulachan Namita Gokhale (editor), The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east, HarperCollins India, 2018. 352 pgs. Namche Bazaar has always been my…

    Oct 16, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œThe Mountains Speak: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π»π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘™π‘Žπ‘¦π‘Žπ‘› π΄π‘Ÿπ‘β€ by Abhinav Tulachan

  • [REVIEW] β€œ ‘________________________’: Rererecapitulating Kawika Guillermo’s Devastatingly Wondrous π‘π‘–π‘šπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘‘π‘ : 𝐴 πΉπ‘Žπ‘˜π‘’-π‘ƒπ‘’π‘›π‘˜ 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-π»π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘ 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑖-π‘€π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘–π‘Ÿ” by Jason S Polley

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Kawika Guillermo, Nimrods: A Fake-Punk Self-Hurt Anti-Memoir, Duke University Press, 2023. 240 pgs. Fuck ’em all. Squares on bothsides. I am the only completeman in the industry.β€”Burroughs, Naked Lunch…

    Oct 16, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œ ‘________________________’: Rererecapitulating Kawika Guillermo’s Devastatingly Wondrous π‘π‘–π‘šπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘‘π‘ : 𝐴 πΉπ‘Žπ‘˜π‘’-π‘ƒπ‘’π‘›π‘˜ 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-π»π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘ 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑖-π‘€π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘–π‘Ÿ” by Jason S Polley

  • [REVIEW] “Filial Piety and Farce: Negotiating Family and Queerness in Ang Lee’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π΅π‘Žπ‘›π‘žπ‘’π‘’π‘‘” by Jade GuΒ 

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Filial Piety and Farce: Negotiating Family and Queerness in Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet” by Jade GuΒ  Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Ang Lee. Ang Lee (director), The Wedding Banquet, 1993.…

    Oct 15, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Filial Piety and Farce: Negotiating Family and Queerness in Ang Lee’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π΅π‘Žπ‘›π‘žπ‘’π‘’π‘‘” by Jade GuΒ 

  • [EXCLUSIVE] β€œAmitav Ghosh’s Pak Kyongni Prize 2025: A Diaspora Writer’s Triumph” by Ratan Bhattacharjee

    Editor’s note: Ratan Bhattacharjee’s essay on Amitav Ghosh’s 2025 Pak Kyongni Prize win situates this landmark recognition within the broader terrain of world literature and ecological thought. Ghosh’s achievement underscores the moral and imaginative strength of diaspora writing, linking history,…

    Oct 15, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] β€œAmitav Ghosh’s Pak Kyongni Prize 2025: A Diaspora Writer’s Triumph” by Ratan Bhattacharjee

  • [REVIEW] β€œThe Weight of Love: Sean Wang’s 𝐷𝑖𝑑𝑖 and the Chinese American Family” by Theodora Yu

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Sean Wang (director), Didi, 2024. 96 min. In Chinese culture, parents often address their children by their familial roles, a gesture of affection and intimacy. My mother calls me…

    Oct 15, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œThe Weight of Love: Sean Wang’s 𝐷𝑖𝑑𝑖 and the Chinese American Family” by Theodora Yu

  • [TIFF 2025] β€œShe Was Screaming into Silence: A Conversation on Cai Shangjun’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝑆𝑒𝑛 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑛 π‘ˆπ‘  𝐴𝑙𝑙” by Nirris Nagendrarajah, Cai Shangjun & Han Nianjin

    TIFF 2025 β–ž 10. The Archivist’s Film: A Conversation on Kunsang Kyirong’s 100 Sunsetβ–ž 9. She Was Screaming into Silence: A Conversation on Cai Shangjun’s The Sun Rises On Us Allβ–ž 8. You Don’t Belong to Anyone: A Conversation on…

    Oct 14, 2025
    [TIFF 2025] β€œShe Was Screaming into Silence: A Conversation on Cai Shangjun’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝑆𝑒𝑛 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑛 π‘ˆπ‘  𝐴𝑙𝑙” by Nirris Nagendrarajah, Cai Shangjun & Han Nianjin

  • [REVIEW] β€œπ‘Šπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘Ž: A Crime of Passionate Advocacy?” by Matthew Ordonez

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Kevin Alambra (director), Warla, 2025. 111 min. I have just watched Warla. I cannot claim any lived experience concerning trans issues; however, I found myself uneasy with the bluntness…

    Oct 13, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œπ‘Šπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘Ž: A Crime of Passionate Advocacy?” by Matthew Ordonez

  • [EXCLUSIVE] “Whose Words Win the Nobel? On Translators and the Question of Literary Recognition” by Kabir Deb

    Earlier this week, the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to the Hungarian novelist LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai β€œfor his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” Coverage in outlets such…

    Oct 12, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] “Whose Words Win the Nobel? On Translators and the Question of Literary Recognition” by Kabir Deb

  • [REVIEW] β€œJohannes SchΓΆnherr’s π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β„Ž πΎπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘› πΆπ‘–π‘›π‘’π‘šπ‘Ž:Β Rise (and Fall?) (and Rise again?) of the Propaganda Machine” by Cyril Camus

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Johannes SchΓΆnherr, North Korean Cinema. A History, McFarland, 2012. 224 pgs. My experience with the three books on North Korean cinema I had read up to this pointβ€”Paul…

    Oct 11, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œJohannes SchΓΆnherr’s π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β„Ž πΎπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘› πΆπ‘–π‘›π‘’π‘šπ‘Ž:Β Rise (and Fall?) (and Rise again?) of the Propaganda Machine” by Cyril Camus

  • [REVIEW] “The Stillness Between Fire and Water: On Kiriti Sengupta’s 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑑 π‘ƒπ‘œπ‘’π‘šπ‘ ” by Abhik Ganguly

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Kiriti Sengupta. Kiriti Sengupta, Selected Poems, Transcendent Zero Press, 2025. 228 pgs. It has been more than a decade since the medical practitioner turned poet,…

    Oct 9, 2025
    [REVIEW] “The Stillness Between Fire and Water: On Kiriti Sengupta’s 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑑 π‘ƒπ‘œπ‘’π‘šπ‘ ” by Abhik Ganguly
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