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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€œThe π‘€π‘Žπ‘˜π‘Žπ‘› Republicβ€”Nicole Tarulevicz’s πΈπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π»π‘’π‘Ÿ πΆπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ πΎπ‘€π‘Žπ‘¦: 𝐴 πΆπ‘’π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘™ π»π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ πΉπ‘œπ‘œπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘†π‘–π‘›π‘”π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’β€ by Mario Rustan

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Nicole Tarulevicz, Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singapore, University of Illinois Press, 2014. 224 pgs. Anyone who has been to Singapore or Malaysia,…

    Aug 28, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œThe π‘€π‘Žπ‘˜π‘Žπ‘› Republicβ€”Nicole Tarulevicz’s πΈπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π»π‘’π‘Ÿ πΆπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ πΎπ‘€π‘Žπ‘¦: 𝐴 πΆπ‘’π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘™ π»π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ πΉπ‘œπ‘œπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘†π‘–π‘›π‘”π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’β€ by Mario Rustan

  • [REVIEW] β€œBetween Queering and Querying: Thomas William WhykeΒ and Melissa Shani Brown’s π‘„π‘’π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” πΊπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ, 𝑆𝑒π‘₯π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘¦, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π΅π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘”-π»π‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› 𝑖𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 π·π‘¦π‘›π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘¦ π‘β„Žπ‘–π‘”π‘’π‘Žπ‘–β€ by Jonathan Ferguson

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Thomas William Whyke and Melissa Shani Brown (authors), Queering Gender, Sexuality, and Becoming-Human in Qing Dynasty Zhiguai: Querying the Strange Tales, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. 246 pgs. The title of this…

    Aug 28, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œBetween Queering and Querying: Thomas William WhykeΒ and Melissa Shani Brown’s π‘„π‘’π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” πΊπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ, 𝑆𝑒π‘₯π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘¦, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π΅π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘”-π»π‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› 𝑖𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 π·π‘¦π‘›π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘¦ π‘β„Žπ‘–π‘”π‘’π‘Žπ‘–β€ by Jonathan Ferguson

  • [REVIEW] β€œOur Yangon: San Lin Tun’s π‘Œπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘œπ‘› π·π‘Žπ‘¦π‘ β€ by Peixuan Xie

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS San Lin Tun, Yangon Days: A Collection of Urban Short Stories, Penguin Random House SEA, 2024. 240 pgs. If the Yangon you used to think of as so full…

    Aug 27, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œOur Yangon: San Lin Tun’s π‘Œπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘œπ‘› π·π‘Žπ‘¦π‘ β€ by Peixuan Xie

  • [REVIEW] β€œSend in the Marines: Yao-Chang Chen’s 𝑃𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 πΉπ‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘’π‘Ÿβ€by Jeff Tompkins

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Yao-Chang Chen (author), Pao-Fang Hsu, Ian Maxwell, and Tung-Jung Chen (translators), Puppet Flower: A Novel of 1867 Formosa. Columbia University Press, 2023, 298 pgs. The American servicemen are in…

    Aug 26, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œSend in the Marines: Yao-Chang Chen’s 𝑃𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 πΉπ‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘’π‘Ÿβ€by Jeff Tompkins

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œA Queer Shape of Smell: Kangyu Garam’s πΏπ‘’π‘π‘˜π‘¦, π΄π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘” by Soo Ryon Yoon

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Kangyu Garam (director), Lucky, Apartment, 2024. 96 min. This review may contain spoilers. What would hate look and feel like if it took on a sensory form? South Korean…

    Aug 22, 2024
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œA Queer Shape of Smell: Kangyu Garam’s πΏπ‘’π‘π‘˜π‘¦, π΄π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘” by Soo Ryon Yoon

  • Protected: [EXCLUSIVE] β€œLove or Enemy? South Korea’s Churches at a Crossroads” by Woojin Son

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    Protected: [EXCLUSIVE] β€œLove or Enemy? South Korea’s Churches at a Crossroads” by Woojin Son

  • [REVIEW] “Impeccably Written: Antonia Finnane’sΒ π»π‘œπ‘€ π‘‘π‘œ π‘€π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘Ž π‘€π‘Žπ‘œ 𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑑” by Paul Bevan

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Mao Suit. Antonia Finnane, How to Make a Mao Suit: Clothing the People of Communist China, 1949–1976, Cambridge University Press, 2023. 386 pgs. I have used…

    Aug 16, 2024
    [REVIEW] “Impeccably Written: Antonia Finnane’sΒ π»π‘œπ‘€ π‘‘π‘œ π‘€π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘Ž π‘€π‘Žπ‘œ 𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑑” by Paul Bevan

  • [REVIEW] β€œThe Art of Retelling, Benign Ghosts and π‘€π‘œπ‘›π‘œ π‘›π‘œ π΄π‘€π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ in Banana Yoshimoto’s 𝐴𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝” by Elnura Huseynova

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Banana Yoshimoto (author), Michael Emmerich (translator), Asleep, Grove Atlantic, 2001. 171 pgs. If you’ve read Banana Yoshimoto’s celebrated novella Kitchen, there won’t be much surprise in Asleep for…

    Aug 14, 2024
    [REVIEW] β€œThe Art of Retelling, Benign Ghosts and π‘€π‘œπ‘›π‘œ π‘›π‘œ π΄π‘€π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ in Banana Yoshimoto’s 𝐴𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝” by Elnura Huseynova

  • [REVIEW] “A Groundbreaking Conversation: David L. Eng and Shinhee Han’s π‘…π‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘™ π‘€π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘›π‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘™π‘–π‘Ž, π‘…π‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘™ π·π‘–π‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›” by Elaine Chiew

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS David L. Eng and Shinhee Han, Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans, Duke University Press, 2018. 232 pgs. Asian Americans are…

    Aug 13, 2024
    [REVIEW] “A Groundbreaking Conversation: David L. Eng and Shinhee Han’s π‘…π‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘™ π‘€π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘›π‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘™π‘–π‘Ž, π‘…π‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘™ π·π‘–π‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›” by Elaine Chiew

  • [REVIEW] “A Daring and Unsettling Portrait: Ta Duy Anh’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘‡π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘–π‘‘π‘’ 𝑄𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑛” by Mia Tompkins

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ta Duy Anh (author), Quan Manh Ha and Charles Waugh (translators), The Termite Queen, Penguin Random House SEA, 2023. 256 pgs. Ta Duy Anh’s novels, replete as they are…

    Aug 12, 2024
    [REVIEW] “A Daring and Unsettling Portrait: Ta Duy Anh’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘‡π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘–π‘‘π‘’ 𝑄𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑛” by Mia Tompkins
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