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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

  • [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

  • [REVIEW] “A Rich Tapestry for Tomorrow’s Beijingers: A Review of π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘¦” by Susan Blumberg-Kason

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Liu Xinwu (author), Jeremy Tiang (translator), The Wedding Party, Amazon Crossing, 2021. 400 pgs. Time is a recurring theme in Liu Xinwu’s novel, The Wedding Party, recently translated from the Chinese into English…

    Jan 5, 2022
    [REVIEW] “A Rich Tapestry for Tomorrow’s Beijingers: A Review of π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘¦” by Susan Blumberg-Kason

  • [REVIEW] “Shockingly Direct and Heterodox: Mang Ke’s π‘‚π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π·π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘ ” by David Harrison Horton

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Mang Ke (author), Lucas Klein, Huang Yibing and Jonathan Stalling (translators), October Dedications: Selected Poetry of Mang Ke, Zephyr Press, 2018. 152 pgs. This summer, all five floors of the National Art…

    Dec 17, 2021
    [REVIEW] “Shockingly Direct and Heterodox: Mang Ke’s π‘‚π‘π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π·π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘ ” by David Harrison Horton

  • [REVIEW] “(Re)formation of Ideas: π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘’ π΄π‘Ÿπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘ƒπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’” by James Au Kin-Pong

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Takashina ShΕ«ji (author), Matt Treyvaud (translator), Japanese Art in Perspective: East-West Encounters, Japan Library, 2021. 191 pgs. An amateur of Japanese art might have heard about ukiyo-e (or floating painting), as well…

    Dec 16, 2021
    [REVIEW] “(Re)formation of Ideas: π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘’ π΄π‘Ÿπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘ƒπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’” by James Au Kin-Pong

  • [REVIEW] “Fiona Hawthorne and Kowloon Walled City” by Susan Blumberg-Kason

    {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Artist and author Fiona Hawthorne grew up in Hong Kong and much of her work is informed by her childhood, including two new books out this year: Drawing on the Inside: Kowloon…

    Dec 3, 2021
    [REVIEW] “Fiona Hawthorne and Kowloon Walled City” by Susan Blumberg-Kason
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