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[INCIDENTAL] “The Kitchen Rosé Chose” by Julie Choi Rosé and her kittens By the time Rosé chose the kitchen, it no longer belonged to a household. The home stood in Bogwang-dong, in a part of Seoul being emptied for redevelopment.…
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[ESSAY] “There Is Never Anything So Difficult That It Cannot Be Resolved: Translating the Ma Yongzhen and Ma Suzhen Novels of Qi Fanniu and Zhu Dagong” by Paul Bevan 🌻Paul Bevan (translator). Murder in the Maloo: A Tale of Old…
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[FEATURE] Four Chapters from Murder in the Maloo: A Tale of Old Shanghai, Translated by Paul Bevan Paul Bevan (translator). Murder in the Maloo: A Tale of Old Shanghai, Earnshaw Books, 2024. 226 pgs. Editor’s note: Readers interested in the background…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Picked Up by Wingtips: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho’s Hula Hooping” by Jonathan Han Tammy Lai-Ming Ho. Hula Hooping, Chameleon Press, 2015. 108 pgs. Tammy Lai-Ming Ho at the launch of Hula…
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[ESSAY] “Dead Cat Bounce: The Graphic Novel Boom in Singapore That Wasn’t” by Felix Cheong I became a graphic novelist by accident. Or perhaps by the necessity of reinvention. Whichever is the more charitable view, it was probably as good a…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Beyond the Activist: Discovering the Man Behind Katski Flores’s Edjop” by Bryan Elijah Trajano Katski Flores (director). Edjop, 2026. 122 min. Martial Law remains one of the darkest chapters in Philippine…
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[ESSAY] “Between Two Names” by Wayne Mok “Wayne could be a Vietnamese name too.” I clutched my copy of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer and waited while he chatted with the couple ahead. It was my first time attending a book…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Up Close, A Portrait” by Jose P. Mojica The face serves as the most recognisable feature of an individual. It captures one’s expressions and character, revealing a persona even without…
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We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Rebekah Chan as an Associate Editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. In this role, Rebekah will work primarily on curating an ongoing section devoted to writing emerging from the intersection of…
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[ESSAY] “One Poet, Two Translators: Preserving the Essence of Voice” by Yvette Neisser All entries in Cha on Madame Mao. María Teresa Ogliastri (author), Yvette Neisser and Patricia Bejarano Fisher (translators). From the Diary of Madame Mao. Carnegie Mellon University…
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Header artwork by Annysa Ng We’re accepting submissions. Important Notes 茶 Hong Kongclick for information 茶 First Impressionsclick for information 茶 Essays click for information 茶 Proposals click for information 茶 Poetry: En Routeclick for information 茶 Hong Kong &…
