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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€œBlue Fires Burning in Tim Tim Cheng’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘‡π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘œ πΆπ‘œπ‘™π‘™π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿβ€ by Michelle Suen

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Tim Tim Cheng, The Tattoo Collector, Nine Arches Press, 2024. 72 pp. In case you hadn’t known that the British ruled Hong Kong until 1997 or needed sudden clarification…

    Oct 2, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œBlue Fires Burning in Tim Tim Cheng’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘‡π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘œ πΆπ‘œπ‘™π‘™π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿβ€ by Michelle Suen

  • [REVIEW] “Fairy Tale, Dissected: Ha Seong-nan’s π΅π‘™π‘’π‘’π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β€™π‘  πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘Šπ‘–π‘“π‘’” by Maria Cohut

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Bluebeard’s First Wife. Ha Seong-nan (author), Janet Hong (translator), Bluebeard’s First Wife, Open Letter Books, 2020. 230 pgs. Ha Seong-nan is a rather prolific South Korean…

    Oct 2, 2024
    [REVIEW] “Fairy Tale, Dissected: Ha Seong-nan’s π΅π‘™π‘’π‘’π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β€™π‘  πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘Šπ‘–π‘“π‘’” by Maria Cohut

  • [REVIEW] “Connecting in a Sea of Islands: Erin Suzuki’s π‘‚π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘› π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘”π‘’π‘ ” by Tin Yuet Tam

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Erin Suzuki, Ocean Passages: Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literatures, Temple University Press, 2021. 269 pgs. When the territories between land seem easier to define, the territories that…

    Oct 2, 2024
    [REVIEW] “Connecting in a Sea of Islands: Erin Suzuki’s π‘‚π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘› π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘”π‘’π‘ ” by Tin Yuet Tam

  • [REVIEW] β€œReimagining the Void: Emi Yagi’s π·π‘–π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž π‘‰π‘œπ‘–π‘‘” by Lucy Hamilton

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Emi Yagi (author), David BoydΒ andΒ Lucy NorthΒ (translators), Diary of a Void, Viking, 2022. 213 pgs. Shibata works for a cardboard tube company on the fourth floor of an overheated office.…

    Sep 20, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œReimagining the Void: Emi Yagi’s π·π‘–π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž π‘‰π‘œπ‘–π‘‘” by Lucy Hamilton

  • [TRANSLATION] β€œThe Legend of a Funambulist” by Lawrence Kwok-ling Pun, Translated by Andrea Lingenfelter

    AndreaΒ Lingenfelter’s Note:Β  In β€œThe Legend of a Funambulist”, Lawrence Kwok-ling Pun ζ½˜εœ‹ιˆ takes us on a journey with the tightrope-walker Mantra from his origins in the former Soviet Union, through Cold War Europe, and on to sojourns in New York,…

    Sep 18, 2024
    [TRANSLATION] β€œThe Legend of a Funambulist” by Lawrence Kwok-ling Pun, Translated by Andrea Lingenfelter

  • [REVIEW] β€œLingering Suspense: Natsuko Imamura’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘œπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘› 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘†π‘˜π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘‘β€ BY James Kin Pong Au

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ The Woman in the Purple Skirt. Natsuko Imamura (author), Lucy North (translator),Β The Woman in the Purple Skirt, Penguin Random House, 2021. 224 pgs. In Natsuko…

    Sep 18, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œLingering Suspense: Natsuko Imamura’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘œπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘› 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘†π‘˜π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘‘β€ BY James Kin Pong Au

  • [REVIEW] β€œA Powerful and Stimulating Collection: Aneeta Sundararaj’s π‘‡π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑” by Namrata

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Tapestry of the Mind. Aneeta Sundararaj, Tapestry of the Mind and Other Stories, Penguin Random House SEA, 2024. 272 pgs. Aneeta Sundararaj’s Tapestry of the…

    Sep 13, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œA Powerful and Stimulating Collection: Aneeta Sundararaj’s π‘‡π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑” by Namrata

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œThe Science of Intimacy: Jenny Xie’s π»π‘œπ‘™π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›β€ by Anna Chung

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Jenny Xie, Holding Pattern, Riverhead Books, 2023. 288 pgs. Jenny Xie’s novel Holding Pattern follows 28-year-old Kathleen Cheng as she returns home to Oakland, California, where she is roped…

    Sep 12, 2024
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œThe Science of Intimacy: Jenny Xie’s π»π‘œπ‘™π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›β€ by Anna Chung

  • [REVIEW] “A Stage for Life and Death: Karen Tei Yamashita’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘”β„Ž π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π΄π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘…π‘Žπ‘–π‘› πΉπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘” by Anna Chung

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Karen Tei Yamashita, Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, Coffee House Press, 1990. 212 pgs. Through the Arc of the Rain Forest opens with a memoryβ€”a memory, that…

    Sep 11, 2024
    [REVIEW] “A Stage for Life and Death: Karen Tei Yamashita’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘”β„Ž π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π΄π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘…π‘Žπ‘–π‘› πΉπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘” by Anna Chung

  • [REVIEW] β€œExpanding Our World: Sayantani Dasgupta’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘€π‘› π‘Šπ‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘› π»π‘Žπ‘£π‘’ πΈπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘”β€ by Donna Miscolta

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Sayantani Dasgupta, Brown Women Have Everything: Essays on (Dis)comfort and Delight, The University of North Carolina Press, 2024. 180 pgs. When you cheerfully but firmly believe that your brown-woman…

    Sep 11, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œExpanding Our World: Sayantani Dasgupta’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘€π‘› π‘Šπ‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘› π»π‘Žπ‘£π‘’ πΈπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘”β€ by Donna Miscolta
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