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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€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

  • [REVIEW] “Improvising Revolution: Hong Kong’s Protests Through the Lens of Ming-sho Ho” by Jennifer Eagleton

    πŸ“RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ming-sho Ho, Be Water: Collective Improvisation in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Protests, Temple University Press, 2025. 258 pgs. The Hong Kong protests of 2019, which erupted in opposition to the…

    Jun 29, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Improvising Revolution: Hong Kong’s Protests Through the Lens of Ming-sho Ho” by Jennifer Eagleton

  • [REVIEW] “Walking in Unison?: On Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ ” 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 Mending Bodies. Hon Lai Chu (author), Jacqueline Leung (translator), Mending Bodies, Two Lines Press, 2025. 240 pgs. For those who haven’t read the original Chinese…

    Jun 23, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Walking in Unison?: On Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ ” by Jennifer Eagleton

  • [REVIEW] “Tender Aberrations: Reading Sayaka Murata’s 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 πΆπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘¦” by Tyran Grillo

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Life Ceremony. Sayaka Murata (author), Ginny Tapley Takemori (translator), Life Ceremony, Granta Books, 2022. 266 pgs. Whenever I encounter the name Sayaka Murata,…

    Jun 23, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Tender Aberrations: Reading Sayaka Murata’s 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 πΆπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘¦” by Tyran Grillo

  • [REVIEW] β€œAdaptation and the Illusion of Home: Manjushree Thapa’s π‘†π‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘  π‘œπ‘“ πΉπ‘™π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘β€ by Abhinav Tulachan

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œAdaptation and the Illusion of Home: Manjushree Thapa’s Seasons of Flight” by Abhinav Tulachan Manjushree Thapa, Seasons of Flight, Penguin India, 2011. 226 pgs. β€œThe flap of a butterfly’s wings…

    Jun 22, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œAdaptation and the Illusion of Home: Manjushree Thapa’s π‘†π‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘  π‘œπ‘“ πΉπ‘™π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘β€ by Abhinav Tulachan

  • [EXCLUSIVE] “Love Is Time: A Conversation on π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π»π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘£π‘’π‘ π‘‘” by NIRRIS NAGENDRARAJAH and Doua Moua”

    Doua Moua and Nirris Nagendrarajah Editor’s note: In this interview, Nirris Nagendrarajah talks to screenwriter and actor Doua Moua; they discuss The Harvest, a tender exploration of a Hmong family navigating illness, identity, and intergenerational conflict. Inspired by his own experiences…

    Jun 20, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] “Love Is Time: A Conversation on π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π»π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘£π‘’π‘ π‘‘” by NIRRIS NAGENDRARAJAH and Doua Moua”

  • [REVIEW] “Between Heckle & Hush: The Public & Private Voices of a Poet” by Michael Ingham

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Social Room. Andrew Barker, Social Room: Modern Shakespearean Sonnets (Book Three, Sonnets 204β€”305), Mycroft Publishers, 2025. 186 pgs. β€œSo choose your enemies, I’ve chosen…

    Jun 19, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Between Heckle & Hush: The Public & Private Voices of a Poet” by Michael Ingham
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