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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] “The Buried Past Revealed: Reading π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘β„Žπ‘’π‘˜π‘’π‘œ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’π‘ β€ by Yu MΓΌller

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Annika A. Culver and Norman Smith (editors), Manchukuo Perspectives: Transnational Approach to Literary Production, Hong Kong University Press, 2020. Miserable human mouths are born on each ink drop. The paper gets crowded…

    Apr 16, 2022
    [REVIEW] “The Buried Past Revealed: Reading π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘β„Žπ‘’π‘˜π‘’π‘œ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’π‘ β€ by Yu MΓΌller

  • [EXCLUSIVE] “Catching Fish” by Kamayani Sharma

    Kamayani Sharma on “Catching Fish”: I wrote the first draft of the poem on 14 April 2012. I remember the exact date because I emailed the poem to a friend as soon as I finished it. In those days, having…

    Apr 16, 2022
    [EXCLUSIVE] “Catching Fish” by Kamayani Sharma

  • [REVIEW] β€œAn Intellectual Exchange: A Review of πΈπ‘‘π‘œ π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘› πΈπ‘›π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘β€ by James Kin Pong Au

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} {This review is cross-posted on Agora.} Donald Keene and Shiba Ryōtarō (authors), Tony Gonzalez (translator), Edo Japan Encounters the World: Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro, Japan Library, 2018. 137 pgs.…

    Apr 9, 2022
    [REVIEW] β€œAn Intellectual Exchange: A Review of πΈπ‘‘π‘œ π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘› πΈπ‘›π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘β€ by James Kin Pong Au

  • [REVIEW] “Fiona Sze-Lorrain: Poetry and Translations” by Elizabeth Chung

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} β–š Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Rain in Plural, Princeton University Press, 2020. 120 pgs.β–š Yin Lichuan (author), Fiona Sze-Lorrain (translator), Karma, Tolsun Books, 2020. 222 pgs.β–š Ye Lijun (author), Fiona Sze-Lorrain (translator), My Mountain…

    Mar 30, 2022
    [REVIEW] “Fiona Sze-Lorrain: Poetry and Translations” by Elizabeth Chung

  • [EXCLUSIVE] β€œThe Yellow Chair” by Madeleine Slavick

    Photograph by Madeleine Slavick Β  There are 22 of us on the plane from Auckland to Hong Kong and about 350 empty seats. I sleep across five. We depart at night and arrive at night. I talk with one person…

    Mar 16, 2022
    [EXCLUSIVE] β€œThe Yellow Chair” by Madeleine Slavick

  • [FEATURE] “Human Rights and Literature: USSR, Post-soviet Ukraine, and Russia”, a Lecture by Andrei Kurkov

    Ilaria Maria Sala, Cha contributor: As I write these lines, Andrei Kurkov is in Kyiv. Sometimes I get a message from him, sometimes he posts on Facebook: “Glory to Ukraine!” he wrote last. He is one of the greatest contemporary…

    Feb 27, 2022
    [FEATURE] “Human Rights and Literature: USSR, Post-soviet Ukraine, and Russia”, a Lecture by Andrei Kurkov

  • [REVIEW] “Quietly Radical: Xi Xi’s π‘π‘œπ‘‘ π‘Šπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘› π‘Šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘ ” by Kyle Muntz

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Not Written Words. Xi Xi (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Not Written Words, Zephyr Press and MCCM Creations, 2016. 152 pgs. . β€œWhen I grow up,” writes…

    Feb 23, 2022
    [REVIEW] “Quietly Radical: Xi Xi’s π‘π‘œπ‘‘ π‘Šπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘› π‘Šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘ ” by Kyle Muntz

  • [REVIEW] β€œExistential Capsules and Cusps in Yeng Pway Ngon’s πΏπ‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘™π‘¦ πΉπ‘Žπ‘π‘’β€ by Frances An

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Yeng Pway Ngon (author), Natascha Bruce (translator), Lonely Face, Balestier Press, 2019. 152 pgs. Yeng Pway Ngon’s novella Lonely Face, translated into English by Natascha Bruce, relates an unnamed middle-aged man’s reflections on his…

    Feb 20, 2022
    [REVIEW] β€œExistential Capsules and Cusps in Yeng Pway Ngon’s πΏπ‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘™π‘¦ πΉπ‘Žπ‘π‘’β€ by Frances An

  • [REVIEW] β€œDivination, Philosophy, and Change: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘‚π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘”π‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘™ π‘€π‘’π‘Žπ‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ Yijing: πΆπ‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘’β€ by Tim Murphy

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œDivination, Philosophy, and Change: The Original Meaning of the Yijing: Commentary on the Scripture of Change” by Tim Murphy Zhu Xi (author), Joseph A. Adler (translator and editor), The Original…

    Feb 17, 2022
    [REVIEW] β€œDivination, Philosophy, and Change: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘‚π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘”π‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘™ π‘€π‘’π‘Žπ‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ Yijing: πΆπ‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘’β€ by Tim Murphy

  • [REVIEW] “Culture Is That Which Appropriates: A Review of Liang Luo’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΊπ‘™π‘œπ‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘Šβ„Žπ‘–π‘‘π‘’ π‘†π‘›π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’” by Noah Arthur Weber

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Liang Luo, The Global White Snake, University of Michigan Press, 2021. 373 pgs. β€œNo culture can be fully understood in isolation,” writes Liang Luo in the introduction to her book The Global…

    Feb 8, 2022
    [REVIEW] “Culture Is That Which Appropriates: A Review of Liang Luo’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΊπ‘™π‘œπ‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘Šβ„Žπ‘–π‘‘π‘’ π‘†π‘›π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’” by Noah Arthur Weber
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