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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Everyday Kindness of Sho Miyake’s All the Long Nights” by Sam Yu Wing Chan Sho Miyake (director). All The Long Nights, 2024. 119 min. As all the long nights screen,the…
![[REVIEW] “The Everyday Kindness of Sho Miyake’s 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠” by Sam Yu Wing Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/all-the-long-nights.jpeg)
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[ESSAY] “The Unstuck City: Dorothy Tse’s City Like Water” by Luca Griseri Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon City Like Water. Dorothy Tse (author), Natascha Bruce (translator). City Like Water, Graywolf Press, 2026. 112 pgs. The novel resembles a décollage precisely because…
![[ESSAY] “The Unstuck City: Dorothy Tse’s 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟” by Luca Griseri](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/city-like-water-dorothy-tse-cha-an-asian-literary-journal.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Hungry as a Ghost: Compassion and Cruelty in From the Diary of Madame Mao” by Marsha McDonald All entries in Cha on Madame Mao. María Teresa Ogliastri (author), Yvette…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “From Korean Nostalgia to Filipino Gunita: Jalz Zarate’s Sunny” by Bryan Elijah Trajano Jalz Zarate (director). Sunny, 2024. 122 min. Sunny (2011), directed by Kang Hyoung-chul, has been one of…
![[REVIEW] “From Korean Nostalgia to Filipino Gunita: Jalz Zarate’s 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑦” by Bryan Elijah Trajano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/jalz-zarate-sunny.png)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Singing in Hiragana: On The Chronicles of Japan” by Mario Rustan All entries in Chaon The Chronicles of Japan Matthieu Felt (translator). The Chronicles of Japan—Volume I: Age of the…
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[ESSAY] “I Reported Myself to China’s Ministry of State Security” by William Grice Photograph by the author, Hekou, China. After his acquaintance ran afoul of China’s security apparatus in a netizen-led Red Guard pile-on, William Grice decided to find out…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Fathers Aren’t Mountains: A Closer Look at Buddhisagar’s Karnali Blues” by Abhinav Tulachan Buddhisagar (author), Michael Hutt (translator). Karnali Blues, Penguin Random House, 2022. 422 pgs. What role does a…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “(En)Gendering Japanese Literature and Translation: Joan E. Ericson’s Be a Woman” by Catherine Regina Borlaza Click here to read all entries in Chaon Be a Woman Joan E. Ericson. Be…
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[ESSAY] “The Visual Language of Korean Dramas” by Titiksha Devrani When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025) Ae-sun and Gwan-sik in a field of yellow flowers in Kim Won-seok’s When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025). A scene memorable for the way…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Tony Leung in the Cinema: Between Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur” by Liew KH Tony Leung WKW went to Bangkok to film In the Mood for Love because there was…
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