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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€œWhen the Jar Spills Time: Reading Mallika Bhaumik’s π‘Šβ„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘‡π‘–π‘šπ‘’ 𝑖𝑠 π‘Ž π‘€π‘Žπ‘”π‘–π‘ π½π‘Žπ‘Ÿβ€ by Wani Nazir

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mallika Bhaumik, When Time is a Magic Jar, Red River Press, 2025. 108 pgs. When Time is a Magic Jar by Mallika Bhaumik is like finding an old, dusty…

    Oct 8, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œWhen the Jar Spills Time: Reading Mallika Bhaumik’s π‘Šβ„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘‡π‘–π‘šπ‘’ 𝑖𝑠 π‘Ž π‘€π‘Žπ‘”π‘–π‘ π½π‘Žπ‘Ÿβ€ by Wani Nazir

  • [REVIEW] “The Fantasy of Wholeness through Body Horror in Hon Lai-chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘  and Michael Shanks’s π‘‡π‘œπ‘”π‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Charlie Ng

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Mending Bodies. β–ž Hon Lai Chu (author), Jacqueline Leung (translator), Mending Bodies, Two Lines Press, 2025. 240 pgs.β–ž Michael Shanks (director), Together, 2025. 102 min.…

    Oct 8, 2025
    [REVIEW] “The Fantasy of Wholeness through Body Horror in Hon Lai-chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘  and Michael Shanks’s π‘‡π‘œπ‘”π‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Charlie Ng

  • [TIFF 2025] “You Don’t Belong to Anyone: A Conversation on Kalainithan Kalaichelvan’s πΎπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘¦” by Nirris Nagendrarajah & Kalainithan Kalaichelvan

    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 7, 2025
    [TIFF 2025] “You Don’t Belong to Anyone: A Conversation on Kalainithan Kalaichelvan’s πΎπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘¦” by Nirris Nagendrarajah & Kalainithan Kalaichelvan

  • [EXCLUSIVE] “Painting a Legacy of Optimism & Beauty” by Sadie Kaye & George Tang Kwok-wing

    Editor’s note: In this conversation with Sadie Kaye, 77-year-old Hong Kong artist George Tang Kwok-wing reflects on his seven decades in art in the lead-up to his participation in Fine Art Asia 2025, where he unveiled a monumental new large-scale…

    Oct 7, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] “Painting a Legacy of Optimism & Beauty” by Sadie Kaye & George Tang Kwok-wing

  • [TIFF 2025] β€œThe Paper Boy: On Park Chan-wook’s π‘π‘œ π‘‚π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ πΆβ„Žπ‘œπ‘–π‘π‘’β€ by Nirris Nagendrarajah

    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 7, 2025
    [TIFF 2025] β€œThe Paper Boy: On Park Chan-wook’s π‘π‘œ π‘‚π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ πΆβ„Žπ‘œπ‘–π‘π‘’β€ by Nirris Nagendrarajah

  • [EXCLUSIVE] “On Translating Hong Kong Identity, Resilience, & Longing” by Tiffany Troy and Chenxin Jiang

    Editor’s note: In this interview, poet and critic Tiffany Troy speaks with translator Chenxin Jiang about her recent rendering of for now I am sitting here growing transparent (Zephyr Press, 2025) by Hong Kong poet, filmmaker, and scholar Yau Ching.…

    Oct 5, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] “On Translating Hong Kong Identity, Resilience, & Longing” by Tiffany Troy and Chenxin Jiang

  • [REVIEW] “Truth, Lies, and the Mask We Choose: On ThuαΊ­n’s πΈπ‘™π‘’π‘£π‘Žπ‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑖𝑛 π‘†π‘Žπ‘– πΊπ‘œπ‘›” by Michael Londra

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ThuαΊ­n (author), Nguyα»…n An LΓ½ (translator), Elevator in SΓ i GΓ²n, New Directions, 2024. 192 pgs. Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano once wrote that β€œit is not the future which counts,…

    Oct 3, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Truth, Lies, and the Mask We Choose: On ThuαΊ­n’s πΈπ‘™π‘’π‘£π‘Žπ‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑖𝑛 π‘†π‘Žπ‘– πΊπ‘œπ‘›” by Michael Londra

  • [REVIEW] “Between Play and Pain: π‘Œπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Œπ‘Žπ‘‘ πΎπ‘–π‘›π‘”π‘‘π‘œπ‘šβ€™s Tender Confession” by Dawna Fung

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Eva Yip Man-lai (director), Cecilia Lau (organiser), Yat Yat Kingdom, 2025. In the world of theatre, actors often serve as vessels for the stories of others, portraying characters born…

    Oct 3, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Between Play and Pain: π‘Œπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Œπ‘Žπ‘‘ πΎπ‘–π‘›π‘”π‘‘π‘œπ‘šβ€™s Tender Confession” by Dawna Fung

  • [REVIEW] β€œA Prism of Time: The Shifting Passions of Mani Rao’s Poetry in π‘†π‘œ π‘‡β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’ πΎπ‘›π‘œπ‘€β€ by Jennifer Eagleton

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on So That You Know. Mani Rao, So That You Know, HarperCollins India, 2025. 312 pgs. Referring to notes I made on Mani Rao’s newest poetry…

    Sep 26, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œA Prism of Time: The Shifting Passions of Mani Rao’s Poetry in π‘†π‘œ π‘‡β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’ πΎπ‘›π‘œπ‘€β€ by Jennifer Eagleton

  • [REVIEW] β€œA War, Many Cries, and a Long, Unkind Sleep: πΏπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š πΊπ‘Žπ‘§π‘Žβ€ by Kabir Deb

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mahmoud Alshaer & Mohammed Al-Zaqzooq (editors), Letters from Gaza: A Collection by the People; Unveiling Their Stories and Emotions from the Year That Has Been, Penguin Random House SEA,…

    Sep 22, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œA War, Many Cries, and a Long, Unkind Sleep: πΏπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š πΊπ‘Žπ‘§π‘Žβ€ by Kabir Deb
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