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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€œA Harrowing Future of Waste in Chen Qiufan’s π‘Šπ‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘’ 𝑇𝑖𝑑𝑒” by Loritta Chan

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Chen Qiufan (author), Ken Liu (translator), Waste Tide, Tor Books, 2019. 352 pgs. They call us “the waste people.”  Waste is dirty, inferior, lowly, useless, but omnipresent. They produce…

    Apr 8, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œA Harrowing Future of Waste in Chen Qiufan’s π‘Šπ‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘’ 𝑇𝑖𝑑𝑒” by Loritta Chan

  • [REVIEW] β€œSamrat Upadhyay’s π‘€π‘Žπ‘‘ πΆπ‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘¦: To Adapt and Thrive in the Chaos” by Abhinav Tulachan

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œSamrat Upadhyay’s Mad Country: To Adapt and Thrive in the Chaos” by Abhinav Tulachan Samrat Upadhyay, Mad Country, Soho Press, 2017. 304 pgs. Abhinav Tulachan’s copy of Mad Country Following…

    Apr 8, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œSamrat Upadhyay’s π‘€π‘Žπ‘‘ πΆπ‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘¦: To Adapt and Thrive in the Chaos” by Abhinav Tulachan

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œA Poet’s Most Unvarnished Desires and Defeats: Donald Keene’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘€π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘› π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘’β€ by Jiahe Chen

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Donald Keene, The First Modern Japanese: The Life of Ishikawa Takuboku, Columbia University Press, 2016. 288 pgs. At the age of fifteen, I first encountered the Chinese translation of…

    Apr 7, 2025
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œA Poet’s Most Unvarnished Desires and Defeats: Donald Keene’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘€π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘› π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘’β€ by Jiahe Chen

  • [REVIEW] β€œReimagining Chinese Queer History and Looking for an Alternative World: A Review of 𝑀𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘ˆπ‘›π‘π‘™π‘’β€ by Hongwei Bao

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS This is a review of the play Min forsvundne onkelΒ (My Missing Uncle ζˆ‘ε€±θΉ€ηš„θˆ…θˆ…) produced by Nydanskeren Jimbuts Kulturforening and premiered at Teater FΓ…R302, Copenhagen, on 2-12 April 2025.…

    Apr 6, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œReimagining Chinese Queer History and Looking for an Alternative World: A Review of 𝑀𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘ˆπ‘›π‘π‘™π‘’β€ by Hongwei Bao

  • [REVIEW] β€œAsako Yuzuki’s π΅π‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ: Tasting the Essential Self” by Jennifer Eagleton

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Asako Yuzuki (author), Polly Barton (translator), Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder, Fourth Estate, 2024. 464 pgs. Butter is inspired by the true story of a…

    Apr 5, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œAsako Yuzuki’s π΅π‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ: Tasting the Essential Self” by Jennifer Eagleton

  • [REVIEW] β€œThe Almost Everything Cardβ€”Rob Noble’s π‘‚π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ : π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘β€™π‘  πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ πΆπ‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘‘π‘™π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘¦π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β€ by Mario Rustan

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Rob Noble, Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World’s First Contactless Payment Card, Blacksmith Books, 2023, 396 pgs. As a resident of a city bereft of a…

    Apr 4, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œThe Almost Everything Cardβ€”Rob Noble’s π‘‚π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ : π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘β€™π‘  πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ πΆπ‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘‘π‘™π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘¦π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β€ by Mario Rustan

  • [REVIEW] β€œEzra Pound’s Chinese Character: What Did the Great Modernist Author Really Know About Confucius in the Original?” by Kerry Brown

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Ezra Pound’s Chinese Friends. Zhaoming Qian (editor), Ezra Pound’s Chinese Friends: Stories in Letters, Oxford University Press. 2008. 272 pgs. A fascination with…

    Apr 4, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œEzra Pound’s Chinese Character: What Did the Great Modernist Author Really Know About Confucius in the Original?” by Kerry Brown

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œAn Empathetic Communion with the Pastβ€”π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΆπ‘œπ‘™π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘  π‘œπ‘“ π΄π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘™: πΉπ‘–π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‰π‘–π‘’π‘‘π‘›π‘Žπ‘š π‘Šπ‘Žπ‘Ÿβ€™π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘”π‘Žπ‘π‘¦ 50 π‘Œπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘  πΏπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Aaron Gerhart

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran (editors), The Colors of April: Fiction on the Vietnam War’s Legacy 50 Years Later, Three Room Press, 2025. 306 pgs. The Colors of…

    Mar 25, 2025
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œAn Empathetic Communion with the Pastβ€”π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΆπ‘œπ‘™π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘  π‘œπ‘“ π΄π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘™: πΉπ‘–π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‰π‘–π‘’π‘‘π‘›π‘Žπ‘š π‘Šπ‘Žπ‘Ÿβ€™π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘”π‘Žπ‘π‘¦ 50 π‘Œπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘  πΏπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Aaron Gerhart

  • [REVIEW] β€œSpeaking in Queer Tongues: Language, Identity, and Everyday Resistance in Hideko Abe’s π‘„π‘’π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿ π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘’β€ by Jane McBride

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Hideko Abe, Queer Japanese: Gender and Sexual Identities through Linguistic Practices, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 199 pgs. Queer Japanese: Gender and Sexual Identities through Linguistic Practices offers readers a glimpse…

    Mar 25, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œSpeaking in Queer Tongues: Language, Identity, and Everyday Resistance in Hideko Abe’s π‘„π‘’π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿ π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘’β€ by Jane McBride

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Face Of Integrity In Naomi Kawase’s π‘‡π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ ” by Anders KΓΈlle

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Naomi Kawase, True Mothers, 2020. 140 min. Are human faces a resource? Are they a commodity? Can they be picked like grapes and harvested like grain? Can they be…

    Mar 24, 2025
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Face Of Integrity In Naomi Kawase’s π‘‡π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ ” by Anders KΓΈlle
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