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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Grace Chia, The Arches of Gerrard Street, Penguin Random House SEA, 2021. 268 pgs. It’s clear from the prologue alone that Grace Chia has prepared a complex and diverse diasporic world for…
![[REVIEW] “The Heterogeneity of the Vast Chinese Community: Grace Chia’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡” by Queenie Au](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/the-arches-of-gerrard-street.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jia Zhangke (director), Ash Is Purest White (Chinese name: 江湖兒女 Jianhu Ernü), 2018. 136 min. Note: This review contains spoilers. One of the most influential Chinese independent film directors today, Jia Zhangke turns to the…
![[REVIEW] “Not Her Story: Jia Zhangke’s 𝐴𝑠ℎ 𝐼𝑠 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ash-is-purest-white.jpeg?w=1024)
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Translation Editor Lucas Klein‘s note: On the 9th or 10th of July, depending on where you are in the world, Cha hosted “The Force of Forging Words: A Translation Conversation” to launch my translation of Words as Grain: New and…
![[FEATURE] Six Poems by Duo Duo and Translated by Lucas Klein in 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/words-as-grain_duo-duo_lucas-klein.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tsering Döndrup (author), Christopher Peacock (translator), The Handsome Monk and Other Stories, Columbia University Press, 2019. 216 pgs. Tsering Döndrup’s The Handsome Monk and Other Stories shows that literatures from less visible…
![[REVIEW] “Noir Fables of Tibet: Tsering Döndrup’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-handsome-monk-and-other-stories_asian-cha.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Kang Kyeong-ae (author), Anton Hur (translator), The Underground Village, Honford Star, 2018. 288 pgs. The Underground Village is a collection of short stories by one of colonial Korea’s pioneer female authors, Kang Kyeong-ae, translated…
![[REVIEW] “Lamentable Conditions and the Decrepit Body: A Review of Kang Kyeong-ae’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑉𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒” by Suhasini Patni](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-underground-village-kang-kyeong-ae-1.png?w=718)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} The Bauhinia Project, Hong Kong Without Us: A People’s Poetry, University of Georgia Press, 2021. 120 pgs. Unusual times call for unusual ways of self-expression. At a time when civil freedoms in Hong…
![[REVIEW] “Poetry Blossoms Everywhere: A Review of 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑈𝑠” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/hong-kong-without-us.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Sakinu Ahronglong (author), Darryl Sterk (translator), Hunter School, Honford Star, 2020. 184 pgs. Sakinu Ahronglong’s Hunter School, in a brilliant English translation by Darryl Sterk, is an engaging exploration of indigenous selfhood.…
![[REVIEW] “An Unapologetic, Proud Celebration of Paiwan Identity: Sakinu Ahronglong’s 𝐻𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙” by Serena De Marchi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hunter-school_sakinu-ahronglong-1.png?w=1024)
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In “The Force of Forging Words”, a poem in Words as Grain: New & Selected Poems by premier Chinese poet Duo Duo 多多 (Yale University Press, The Cecile and Theodore Margellos World Republic of Letters series), translated by Lucas Klein,…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Entering a State of No-Self: Some Thoughts on Poetry and Translation” by Chris Song](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/duo-duo-words-as-grain-cha-chris-song.png?w=1024)
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📁 Visit Auditory Cortex 2021-2023to read and listen to the selected poemsas well as read the poets’ reflections. We are currently accepting submissions for the Auditory Cortex 2021-2023 special feature devoted entirely to Asian voices. Selected poems are published on…
![[CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] The Auditory Cortex Special Feature (2021-2023)](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/auditory-cortex.jpg?w=695)
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Co-Editor Tammy Lai-Ming Ho‘s note: Bo Schwabacher’s poem “Flat Nose” was published in the June 2016 issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. We are delighted to learn about the publication of Bo’s debut poetry collection Omma, Sea of Joy…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Familial Love in 𝑂𝑚𝑚𝑎, 𝑆𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑜𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠” by Bo Schwabacher](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/f09d9182f09d919af09d919af09d918e-f09d9186f09d9192f09d918e-f09d919cf09d9193-f09d90bdf09d919cf09d91a6-f09d918ef09d919bf09d9191-f09d9182f09d91a1e2848ef09d9192f09d919f-f09d90b4f09d91a0f09d91.png?w=1024)
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