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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€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

  • [EXCLUSIVE] β€œBefore J-Horror: The Paranormal in Ancient Japanese Writing” by Tushi Gogoi

    Japanese cinema has long been a vanguard of distinctive stylistic choices, particularly in the realm of horror. J-horror eschews gratuitous special effects in favour of an atmospheric approach that meticulously cultivates suspense, delivering an experience that is profoundly unsettling. Ringu…

    Mar 24, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] β€œBefore J-Horror: The Paranormal in Ancient Japanese Writing” by Tushi Gogoi

  • [REVIEW] β€œThe Making of An Unlikely Maritime Superpowerβ€”Jack Weatherford’s πΈπ‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘’π‘Žπ‘ : πΎπ‘’π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘– πΎβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘› π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Žβ€ by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Jack Weatherford, Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024. 368 pgs. Emperor of the Seas recounts one of history’s most remarkable transformation…

    Mar 24, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œThe Making of An Unlikely Maritime Superpowerβ€”Jack Weatherford’s πΈπ‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘’π‘Žπ‘ : πΎπ‘’π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘– πΎβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘› π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Žβ€ by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick

  • [REVIEW] “Uncovering the Truths of the Toleration-Regulation Regimeβ€”Park Jeong-mi’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’β€™π‘  𝑆𝑒π‘₯π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘¦: π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘ƒπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘π‘π‘œπ‘™π‘œπ‘›π‘–π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› 𝐡𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 π‘†π‘œπ‘’π‘‘β„Ž πΎπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Ž” by Jack Greenberg

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Uncovering the Truths of the Toleration-Regulation Regimeβ€”Park Jeong-mi’s The State’s Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea” by Jack Greenberg Park Jeong-mi, The State’s Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial…

    Mar 18, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Uncovering the Truths of the Toleration-Regulation Regimeβ€”Park Jeong-mi’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’β€™π‘  𝑆𝑒π‘₯π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘¦: π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘ƒπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘π‘π‘œπ‘™π‘œπ‘›π‘–π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› 𝐡𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 π‘†π‘œπ‘’π‘‘β„Ž πΎπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Ž” by Jack Greenberg

  • [FEATURE] “π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π΅π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ 𝐡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 πΏπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘§: An Excerpt” by Stewart McKay

    β—‰ I Made Sure It Had Nothing Whatsoever To Do With Hong Kong: A Confessionβ—‰ The Ballad of Billy Lopez: An Excerpt Stewart McKay, The Ballad of Billy Lopez, Proverse Publishing, 2024. 208 pgs. So I’m walking down the middle of the…

    Mar 16, 2025
    [FEATURE] “π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π΅π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ 𝐡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 πΏπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘§: An Excerpt” by Stewart McKay

  • [FEATURE] “I Made Sure It Had Nothing Whatsoever To Do With Hong Kong: A Confession” by Stewart McKayΒ 

    β—‰ I Made Sure It Had Nothing Whatsoever To Do With Hong Kong: A Confessionβ—‰ The Ballad of Billy Lopez: An Excerpt Stewart McKay, The Ballad of Billy Lopez, Proverse Publishing, 2024. 208 pgs. You have lived in Hong Kong…

    Mar 16, 2025
    [FEATURE] “I Made Sure It Had Nothing Whatsoever To Do With Hong Kong: A Confession” by Stewart McKayΒ 

  • [REVIEW] “Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Among Many, Many Other Things: Matthew Wong Foreman’s 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘Žπ‘‘ πΏπ‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘…π‘œπ‘π‘˜” by Jason S Polley

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Matthew Wong Foreman, Sunset at Lion Rock, Proverse Press, 2024. 288 pgs. ………I’ve no strength left to stop the contradiction………My heart is tired and my eyes blurry you know………β€”Leslie…

    Mar 15, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Among Many, Many Other Things: Matthew Wong Foreman’s 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘Žπ‘‘ πΏπ‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘…π‘œπ‘π‘˜” by Jason S Polley
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