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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€œKnotted Threads: Memory, Language, and Violence in Winifred Dongyi Wang’s π·π‘–π‘ π‘ π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ‘›β€ by Heather Y. Kim

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Winifred Dongyi Wang, Dissection of the Moon, Accent Edition, 2025. 232 pgs. Dissection of the Moon is a hybrid workβ€”a knotted thing. It unspools the lines drawn across gender,…

    Aug 8, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œKnotted Threads: Memory, Language, and Violence in Winifred Dongyi Wang’s π·π‘–π‘ π‘ π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ‘›β€ by Heather Y. Kim

  • [REVIEW] β€œDaryl Qilin Yam’s πΏπ‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘™π‘–π‘’π‘Ÿ, πΏπ‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘™π‘–π‘’π‘Ÿ: A Red Pill of Metafiction” by Jason Low

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Daryl Qilin Yam, Lovelier, Lonelier, Epigram Books, 2021. 496 pgs. In late March 1996, an intruderβ€”tracked by millions around the globeβ€”raced across the sky. This interloper, discovered by an…

    Aug 8, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œDaryl Qilin Yam’s πΏπ‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘™π‘–π‘’π‘Ÿ, πΏπ‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘™π‘–π‘’π‘Ÿ: A Red Pill of Metafiction” by Jason Low

  • [REVIEW] β€œHong Kong Remembered and Rewritten: Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s 𝑉𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙” by Wayne Wong

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ Cha on Vigil.Β  Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Vigil: The Struggle for Hong Kong, Brixton Ink, 2025. 176 pgs. Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink was…

    Aug 6, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œHong Kong Remembered and Rewritten: Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s 𝑉𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙” by Wayne Wong

  • [REVIEW] β€œRadicals, Realists, and Revolutionsβ€”A Tale of Two Movements: Ming-sho Ho’s πΆβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘’π‘›π‘”π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝐡𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑔’𝑠 π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π»π‘’π‘Žπ‘£π‘’π‘›β€ by Jennifer Eagleton

    πŸ“RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ming-sho Ho, Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, Temple University Press, 2018. 270 pgs. Ming-sho Ho’s Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven compares…

    Aug 6, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œRadicals, Realists, and Revolutionsβ€”A Tale of Two Movements: Ming-sho Ho’s πΆβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘’π‘›π‘”π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝐡𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑔’𝑠 π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π»π‘’π‘Žπ‘£π‘’π‘›β€ by Jennifer Eagleton

  • [REVIEW] β€œDecorative Roles and Dehumanising Gazes: Reflections on Ee Ling Quah’s πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’ π·π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘”π‘œπ‘› πΉπ‘’π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘ π‘šβ€ by Loritta Chan

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ee Ling Quah, Fire Dragon Feminism: Asian Migrant Women’s Tales of Migration, Coloniality and Racial Capitalism, Bloomsbury, 2025. 216 pgs. β€œAn exchange of glances, light nods and eye contacts…

    Aug 6, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œDecorative Roles and Dehumanising Gazes: Reflections on Ee Ling Quah’s πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’ π·π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘”π‘œπ‘› πΉπ‘’π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘ π‘šβ€ by Loritta Chan

  • [REVIEW] β€œA Bubble of the Sea Holds the Cosmos and Its Caricature: Alvin Pang’s 𝐴𝑙𝑙 π‘‡β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 𝐿𝑒𝑓𝑑 π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘’π‘Žβ€ by Kabir Deb

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Alvin Pang, All That is Left of the Sea: Selected Poems, Red River Press, 2025. 148 pgs. Emotions and poetry often operate by falling into sync with one another.…

    Aug 5, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œA Bubble of the Sea Holds the Cosmos and Its Caricature: Alvin Pang’s 𝐴𝑙𝑙 π‘‡β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 𝐿𝑒𝑓𝑑 π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘’π‘Žβ€ by Kabir Deb

  • [REVIEW] “To Stay, To See, To Not Flee: Kyung-Ran Jo’s π΅π‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘“π‘–π‘ β„Ž” by Ananya Singh

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Kyung-Ran JoΒ (author),Β Chi-Young KimΒ (translator), Blowfish, Astra House, 2025. 304 pgs. Blowfish is a taut, deceptively quiet novel, structured as a contrapuntal meditation on grief, disconnection, and stillness. The stillness seethes…

    Aug 5, 2025
    [REVIEW] “To Stay, To See, To Not Flee: Kyung-Ran Jo’s π΅π‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘“π‘–π‘ β„Ž” by Ananya Singh

  • {π—”π—‘π—‘π—’π—¨π—‘π—–π—˜π— π—˜π—‘π—§} Summer Breakβ€”slower publication schedule

    Aug 1, 2025
    {π—”π—‘π—‘π—’π—¨π—‘π—–π—˜π— π—˜π—‘π—§} Summer Breakβ€”slower publication schedule

  • [EXCLUSIVE] β€œSALTY WET 鹹濕” by Lydia Wong

    Editor’s note: Lydia Wong’s evocative essay explores salt as both a material and metaphorical force in Hong Kong’s cultural, political, and sensual identity. From ancient salt fields to contemporary political repression, she traces how salt symbolises preservation, resistance, and longing.…

    Jul 22, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] β€œSALTY WET 鹹濕” by Lydia Wong

  • [REVIEW] “The Worst Kind of Dystopia: Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ ” by Luca Griseri

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Worst Kind of Dystopia: Hon Lai Chu’s Mending Bodies” by Luca Griseri ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaonΒ Mending Bodies. Hon Lai Chu (author), Jacqueline Leung (translator), Mending Bodies, Two Lines…

    Jul 21, 2025
    [REVIEW] “The Worst Kind of Dystopia: Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ ” by Luca Griseri
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