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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€œBeauty and Strength in Niloufar-Lily Soltani’s π‘π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘–π‘˜β„Žπ‘Žβ€ by Fathima M

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Niloufar-Lily Soltani, Zulaikha, Inanna Publications, 2023. 332 pgs. If there is a single word that can encapsulate the novel Zulaikha, it is beautyβ€”a beauty that transcends the physical…

    Jul 12, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œBeauty and Strength in Niloufar-Lily Soltani’s π‘π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘–π‘˜β„Žπ‘Žβ€ by Fathima M

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œNo Human Being is Spared from Its Crimson Claws: DΖ°Ζ‘ng HΖ°α»›ng’s π‘π‘œ π‘€π‘Žπ‘› π‘…π‘–π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Rebecca Maine

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS DΖ°Ζ‘ng HΖ°α»›ng (author), Quan Manh Ha and Charles Waugh (translators), No Man River, Penguin Random House SEA, 2025. 248 pgs. The recent publication of the English edition of DΖ°Ζ‘ng…

    Jul 12, 2025
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œNo Human Being is Spared from Its Crimson Claws: DΖ°Ζ‘ng HΖ°α»›ng’s π‘π‘œ π‘€π‘Žπ‘› π‘…π‘–π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Rebecca Maine

  • {π—”π—‘π—‘π—’π—¨π—‘π—–π—˜π— π—˜π—‘π—§} Call for Pitches

    Cha: An Asian Literary Journal invites suggestions of titlesβ€”books, films, or other cultural productionsβ€”for review or feature in the journal during the second half of the year and into 2026. Please send short pitches (no more than 150 words) that…

    Jul 12, 2025
    {π—”π—‘π—‘π—’π—¨π—‘π—–π—˜π— π—˜π—‘π—§} Call for Pitches

  • [REVIEW] β€œBetween Rupture and Continuity: Charting Anachronistic Literary Modernity in Satoru Hashimoto’s π΄π‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘™π‘–π‘£π‘’π‘  π‘œπ‘“ πΏπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β€ by Charlie Ng

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Afterlives. Satoru Hashimoto, Afterlives of Letters: The Transnational Origins of Modern Literature in China, Japan, and Korea, Columbia University Press,…

    Jul 12, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œBetween Rupture and Continuity: Charting Anachronistic Literary Modernity in Satoru Hashimoto’s π΄π‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘™π‘–π‘£π‘’π‘  π‘œπ‘“ πΏπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β€ by Charlie Ng

  • [REVIEW] β€œFragments Toward a Whole: Meena Kandasamy’s 𝐸π‘₯π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘’ πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β€ by Ananya Singh

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Meena Kandasamy, Exquisite Cadavers, Simon & Schuster India, 2025. 112 pgs. Borrowed from the French term cadavre exquisβ€”a technique devised by the Surrealists to produce collective, chance-based creationsβ€”the title…

    Jul 11, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œFragments Toward a Whole: Meena Kandasamy’s 𝐸π‘₯π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘’ πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β€ by Ananya Singh

  • [REVIEW] β€œMemory, Resistance, and Repression: The Enduring Relevance of Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s 𝑉𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙” by David R. StroupΒ 

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Vigil.  Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Vigil: The Struggle for Hong Kong, Brixton Ink, 2025. 176 pgs. The ability to document pivotal historical events with scholarly…

    Jul 11, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œMemory, Resistance, and Repression: The Enduring Relevance of Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s 𝑉𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙” by David R. StroupΒ 

  • [REVIEW] β€œWriting Against Empire: πΏπ‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘ 𝑂𝑒𝑑 and Survival in Colonial Vietnam” by Josie Miller

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Quan Manh Ha and Paul Christiansen (translators). Light Out and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930–1954. Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024. 228 pgs. Light Out…

    Jul 7, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œWriting Against Empire: πΏπ‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘ 𝑂𝑒𝑑 and Survival in Colonial Vietnam” by Josie Miller

  • [REVIEW] β€œIn the Realm of Story: Faiqa Mansab’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝑆𝑒𝑓𝑖 π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦π‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘’π‘Ÿ and the Reclaiming of South Asian Mythic Narrative” by Namrata

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Faiqa Mansab, The Sufi Storyteller, Neem Tree Press, 2025. 320 pgs. Faiqa Mansab’s The Sufi Storyteller emerges not merely as a compelling narrative in its own right, but…

    Jul 6, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œIn the Realm of Story: Faiqa Mansab’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝑆𝑒𝑓𝑖 π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦π‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘’π‘Ÿ and the Reclaiming of South Asian Mythic Narrative” by Namrata

  • [REVIEW] “π΄π‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘π‘˜β€”When the Report Becomes the Story: Journalism as the Literature of Crisis” by Andrew Barker

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Aftershockβ€”When the Report Becomes the Story: Journalism as the Literature of Crisis” by Andrew Barker Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Aftershock. Holmes Chan (editor), Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong, Small Tune Press,…

    Jun 30, 2025
    [REVIEW] “π΄π‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘π‘˜β€”When the Report Becomes the Story: Journalism as the Literature of Crisis” by Andrew Barker

  • [REVIEW] β€œTaiwan’s Political Evolution and the Study of Comparative Politics as seen in π‘‡π‘Žπ‘–π‘€π‘Žπ‘› 𝑖𝑛 π·π‘¦π‘›π‘Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘‡π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›β€ by Eric D. de Roulet

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ryan Dunch and Ashley Esarey (editors), Taiwan in Dynamic Transition: Nation Building and Democratization, University of Washington Press, 2020. 256 pgs. Taiwan has long been a focal point in the study…

    Jun 29, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œTaiwan’s Political Evolution and the Study of Comparative Politics as seen in π‘‡π‘Žπ‘–π‘€π‘Žπ‘› 𝑖𝑛 π·π‘¦π‘›π‘Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘‡π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›β€ by Eric D. de Roulet
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