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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Duo Duo (author), Lucas Klein (translator), Words as Grain: New and Selected Poems. Yale University Press, 2021. 246 pgs. What follows can only be read as an impressionistic fleeting encounter between a…
![[REVIEW] “Myriad Powers of Words: Duo Duo’s 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛” by Liang Luo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/words-as-grain_lucas-klein_duo-duo.png?w=1024)
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Andrew Houwen’s note: The Japanese poet Kazue Shinkawa has described Noriko Ibaragi (1926-2006) as the “big sister” of post-war Japanese poetry. Ibaragi had her poetry first published at the age of 19, at a time when published women poets were…
![[EXCLUSIVE] Four New Translations of Noriko Ibaragi by Andrew Houwen and Peter Robinson](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ibaragi-noriko.jpeg?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} ❀ Ho Chee Lick and Anne Lee Tzu Pheng, Common Life: Drawings and Poems, Ethos Books, 2018. 191 pgs.❀ Elaine Woo, Put Your Hand in Mine, Signature Editions, 2019. 91 pgs. Each time I…
![[REVIEW] “In Search of the Extraordinary in the Ordinary: A Review of Ho Chee Lick and Anne Lee Tzu Pheng’s 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 and Elaine Woo’s 𝑃𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒” by Stephanie Studzinski](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/common-life_put-your-hand-in-mine-1.png?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Simon Wickhamsmith (translator), Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction, Columbia University Press, 2021. 296 pgs. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt international travel, entry into Mongolia remains…
![[REVIEW] “A Glimpse into Mongolia: 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠” by Sarah Köksal](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/suncranes-and-other-stories_cha-review.png?w=1024)
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Translation Editor Lucas Klein‘s note: Brian Holton’s translations of Li Bai are new in at least three senses: he completed them recently; they will be new to readers familiar only with the Tang poet’s “greatest hits” or anthology pieces; and they…
![[EXCLUSIVE] Parting, Travel, and the Great Roc: Poems of Li Bai, Newly Translated by Brian Holton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/parting-travel-and-the-great-roc-poems-of-li-bai-newly-translated-by-brian-holton.png?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Xuan Juliana Wang, Home Remedies, Penguin Random House, 2019. 240 pgs. Watching Olympic diving is agonisingly tense, even as I sit at my laptop in London to watch, 9,500km…
![[REVIEW] “Building Their Own Universes: A Review of Xuan Juliana Wang’s 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠” by Suyin Haynes](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/home-remedies_xuan-juliana-wang-copy.jpg?w=1024)
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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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{Written by Tim Murphy, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} 茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Canonical Stories, Replacement Texts: A Review of The Japanese Discovery of Chinese…
![[REVIEW] “Canonical Stories, Replacement Texts: A Review of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛” by Tim Murphy](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/william-c.-hedberg-the-japanese-discovery-of-chinese-fiction.jpeg?w=870)
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{Written by Ari Santiago, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tahi Saihate (author) and Kalau Almony (translator), Astral Season, Beastly Season, Honford Star, 2021. 144 pgs. Contemporary young adult fiction has a…
![[REVIEW] “Lashing Out: A Review of Tahi Saihate’s 𝐴𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛” by Ari Santiago](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/astral-season-beastly-season-tahi-saihate-translated-by-kalau-almony.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Yū Miri (author), Morgan Giles (translator), Tokyo Ueno Station, Tilted Axis Press, 2021. 197 pgs. Though hosting the Olympic Games has often been seen as an attempt by governments to boost the…
![[REVIEW] “The Plight of the Homeless in Japan: A Review of Yū Miri’s 𝑇𝑜𝑘𝑦𝑜 𝑈𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛” by James Au Kin-Pong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/tokyouenostation-2.jpg?w=762)
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J.C.’s “Woman, Arise!”, a poem about the empowered transformation of a woman rising from her past, is the First Place winner of the World Poetry Day Poetry Competition 2021, initiated by Grassroots Future and co-organised with Cha, Peel Street Poetry,…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Woman, Arise!” by J.C. (First Place Winner—World Poetry Day Competition 2021)](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/world-poetry-day-poetry-competition-2021-winner-announcement.jpeg?w=1024)
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C.L.’s “Palm Sunday”, a poem which recalls the peace and safety they feel under God’s shelter, is the Second Place winner of the World Poetry Day Poetry Competition 2021, initiated by Grassroots Future and co-organised with Cha, Peel Street Poetry,…
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John Outsider’s “Sinners”, which challenges the binaries of good and evil, is the Third Place winner of the World Poetry Day Poetry Competition 2021, initiated by Grassroots Future and co-organised with Cha, Peel Street Poetry, and Spill Stories. Find out…
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Click HERE to read Michael O’Sullivan’s reflection on writing Lockdown Lovers, written exclusively for Cha, and an excerpt from the novel. 📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Lockdown Lovers. Michael O’Sullivan, Lockdown…
![[REVIEW] “Before We Know How It Will End: A Review of Michael O’Sullivan’s 𝐿𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/lockdown-lovers_michael-osullivan.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Frances An, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Yeng Pway Ngon (author), Jeremy Tiang (translator), Costume, Balestier Press, 2020. 269 pgs. “Like so many of his characters, he [Yeng Pway Ngon] was…
![[REVIEW] “Cantonese Opera as Collective Imagination: A Review of Yeng Pway Ngon’s 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑒” by Frances An](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/yeng-pway-ngon_costume_jeremy-tiang.png?w=1024)
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Download Lucas Klein’s introduction to Duo Duo’sWords as Grain HERE. “How to make sense of Duo Duo’s poetry is the overarching question it poses, at the root of its political significance as well as its literary interest. In the words…
![[FEATURE] Lucas Klein’s Introduction to Duo Duo’s 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 + “The Force of Forging Words”](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/duo-duo_words-as-grain_lucas-klein.png?w=1024)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Layered Spaces: A Review of Chi Ta-wei’s The Membranes” by Serena De Marchi Chi Ta-wei (author), Ari Larissa Heinrich (translator), The Membranes, Columbia University Press, 2021. 168 pgs. Chi Ta-wei’s classic of…
![[REVIEW] “Layered Spaces: A Review of Chi Ta-wei’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠” by Serena De Marchi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/layered-spaces-a-review-of-chi-ta-weis-the-membranes-1.png?w=1024)
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Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Lockdown Lovers. TH: We are pleased to present an exclusive essay by Michael O’Sullivan on his new book, Lockdown Lovers (Penguin Random House, 2021), a five-part love story set in lockdown conditions in Asia and Europe.…
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TH: All the poems in Ho Fuk Yan’s latest poetry collection, Love in the Time of the Coronavirus 愛在瘟疫時, were written in response to the pandemic as experienced, observed, interpreted, and reimagined by the poet in 2020. The poems are…
![[FEATURE] “Love in the Time of Coronavirus: Postscript and Ten Poems” by Ho Fuk Yan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/love-in-the-time-of-coronavirus.jpeg?w=1024)
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{Written by Wong Yang, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Daryl Lim Wei Jie, A Book of Changes, Math Paper Press, 2016. 65 pgs. Few collections coming out of Singapore literature’s “new wave” of…
![[REVIEW] “No Absolutes: A Review of Daryl Lim Wei Jie’s 𝐴 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠” by Wong Yang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bookofchanges_front_078e160a-9c71-4861-a841-247fdebb0332.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Stephen Griffiths, The Kowloon English Club, Blacksmith Books, 2021. 292 pgs. Hong Kong in 1996 was a special time. The Handover was a…
![[REVIEW] “The Centre of the Universe: A Review of Stephen Griffiths’s The Kowloon English Club” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/kowloon-english-club-800px.jpeg?w=672)
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