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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Resurrecting the Memories of the Chinese Passengers on the Titanic: Steven Schwankert’s The Untold Story of the Titanic’s Chinese Survivors” by Susan Blumberg-Kason Click HERE to read more about…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Resurrecting the Memories of the Chinese Passengers on the 𝑇𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐: Steven Schwankert’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐’𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑠” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/steven-schwankert-the-six-the-untold-story-of-the-titanics-chinese-survivors-1.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Into the Heart of Darkness in Rudraneil Sengupta’s The Beast Within and Nilanjana S. Roy’s Black River” by Rituparna Mukherjee 🌸 Rudraneil Sengupta. The Beast Within, Context, 2025. 352 pgs.🌸…
![[ESSAY] “Into the Heart of Darkness in Rudraneil Sengupta’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 and Nilanjana S. Roy’s 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟” by Rituparna Mukherjee](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/rudraneil-sengupta.-the-beast-within-context-2025.-352-pgs.-nilanjana-s.-roy.-black-river-pushkin-vertigo-2024.-368-pgs.png)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Weight of a Family Name: Mimi Kwa’s House of Kwa” by Hilda Wong Mimi Kwa. House of Kwa, ABC Books, 2021. 368 pgs. 「家家有本難念的經」: “Every family has a scripture…
![[REVIEW] “The Weight of a Family Name: Mimi Kwa’s 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑤𝑎” by Hilda Wong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/house-of-kwa.webp)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Living and Dying in Fung Hon Shing’s Life (cycle) of the Hong Kong Newt” by Vanessa Winghei Yeung Fung Hon Shing (director). Life (cycle) of the Hong Kong Newt…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Living and Dying in Fung Hon Shing’s 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 (𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒) 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑡” by Vanessa Winghei Yeung](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/e4b880e7949fe89e88e591bd.jpg)
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[FICTION] “Cool Jazz at the Dragonfly Club” by Jeremiah Dutch Also read “Liner Notes”, Jeremiah Dutch’s essay on “Cool Jazz at the Dragonfly Club”. Late on a Thursday afternoon, at the Yokohama office, Jiro Adachi tapped his feet as softly…
![[FICTION] “Cool Jazz at the Dragonfly Club” by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cool-jazz-jeremiah-dutch.png)
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[ESSAY] “Liner Notes” by Jeremiah Dutch Also read Jeremiah Dutch’s story “Cool Jazz at the Dragonfly Club”. “Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can’t understand it. It’s too complicated. That’s what’s so simple about it.” —Attributed to Yogi Berra…
![[ESSAY] “Liner Notes” by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/liner-notes-jeremiah-dutch.png)
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[INCIDENTAL] “Meetings with Hong Kong Buddhist Nuns” by Simon Patton My only close encounter with a Hong Kong nun is something I have never forgotten. I saw her on two or three separate occasions at Tai Po Market MTR station in…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Colonial Gaze at the Dinner Table: Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s Taiwan Travelogue” by Jennifer Eagleton Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (author), Lin King (translator). Taiwan Travelogue, Graywolf Press, 2024. 320 pgs. Taiwan Travelogue, winner…
![[REVIEW] “The Colonial Gaze at the Dinner Table: Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s 𝑇𝑎𝑖𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒” by Jennifer Eagleton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/yang-shuang-zi-author-lin-king-translator.-taiwan-travelogue-.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “How Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies Makes Ordinary Moments Unforgettable” by Abhinav Tulachan Jhumpa Lahiri. Interpreter of Maladies, Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 198 pgs. You will find no shortage of stories…
![[REVIEW] “How Jhumpa Lahiri’s 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 Makes Ordinary Moments Unforgettable” by Abhinav Tulachan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/interpreter-of-maladies.-jhumpa-lahiri.-houghton-mifflin-1999-p.-page-number-1.jpg)
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Have you never published a short story, in any language? Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is looking for unpublished fiction writers to submit short stories that are set in Asia or explore Asian themes. If this describes you, please email…
![[INVITATION] Seeking First-Time Fiction Writers](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/photography_christopherleibow1.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Loss, Survival, and Hope: Yuyutsu Sharma’s In God’s Messy Workplace” by Arun Budhathoki Yuyutsu Sharma. In God’s Messy Workplace: New Poems, Nirala Publications, 2026. 110 pgs. The COVID-19 pandemic generated…
![[REVIEW] “Loss, Survival, and Hope: Yuyutsu Sharma’s 𝐼𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑑’𝑠 𝑀𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑦 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒” by Arun Budhathoki](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/in-gods-messy-workplace-new-poems-by-yuyutsu-sharma-author-.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Finding My Own Silent Friends: From the Botanical Garden to Hong Kong’s Streets” by Jennifer Eagleton Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon SILENT FRIEND. Ildikó Enyedi (director), Silent…
![[ESSAY] “Finding My Own Silent Friends: From the Botanical Garden to Hong Kong’s Streets” by Jennifer Eagleton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/screenshot-2026-06-02-at-10.42.17.png)
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We are very pleased to announce that we have nominated the following two works of creative nonfiction for the 2027 edition of Best of the Net anthology. Congratulations to Teng and Matt. Good luck! — “Reflection on Exile, Impermanence, and Red…
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We are very pleased to announce that we have nominated the following two stories for the 2027 edition of Best of the Net anthology. Congratulations to Sajita and Kathy. Good luck! — “The Eighteen Steps Home” by Sajita Nair— “Sweating Labour,…
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We are very pleased to announce that we have nominated the following six poems for the 2027 edition of Best of the Net anthology. Congratulations to these wonderful poets and good luck! — “Winter Approaching” by Jonathan Chan— “Noodle Insurrection or…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “What Lingers: On Babitha Marina Justin’s The Way Madmen Smell” by Ankush Banerjee Babitha Marina Justin. The Way Madmen Smell, Red River Press, 2026. 149 pgs. Noted Trivandrum-based academic, poet,…
![[ESSAY] “What Lingers: On Babitha Marina Justin’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑙” by Ankush Banerjee](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-way-madmen-smell-by-babitha-marina-justin-.jpg)
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[CONVERSATION] “speak easy” by Kathy Ngoc Nguyen and An Tran Kathy Ngoc Nguyen’s introduction: Before meeting and getting to know An Tran, I was a fan of his collection of short stories, Meditations on the Mother Tongue (C&R Press, 2017),…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Between the Rabbit and the Not-Rabbit: Yoo Heekyung’s Surrealism in Winter Night Rabbit Worries” by San Kwon Yoo Heekyung (author), Stine An (translator). Winter Night Rabbit Worries, Ugly Duckling Press,…
![[REVIEW] “Between the Rabbit and the Not-Rabbit: Yoo Heekyung’s Surrealism in 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠” by San Kwon](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/winter-night-rabbit-worries-1.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Insignificant Moments, Significant Lives: Xu Xi’s Horizon Hong Kong” by Jennifer Eagleton Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Horizon Hong Kong. Xu Xi. Horizon Hong Kong: Selected Stories, Gaudy Boy, 2026. 288…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “On the Horizon: Xu Xi’s Hong Kong Across Three Decades” by Jonathan Han Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Horizon Hong Kong. Xu Xi. Horizon Hong Kong: Selected Stories, Gaudy…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Horizon Hong Kong: Xu Xi’s Hong Kong in Words and Pictures” by Susan Blumberg-Kason Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Horizon Hong Kong. Xu Xi. Horizon Hong Kong: Selected Stories, Gaudy…
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[REVIEW] “Does Rabbit God Dream of a Queer-Asian Hot Pot?” by Felicia Jiang Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Hot Pot. Hongwei Bao (playwright) and Namoo Chae Lee (director). Hot Pot: A Queer East Asian Play About A Meal, Four Friends and What…
![[REVIEW] “Does Rabbit God Dream of a Queer-Asian 𝐻𝑜𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑡?” by Felicia Jiang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/hot-pot-53-photo-credit-brett-kasza.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Taste of Loneliness: On Joseph Hsu’s Little Big Women” by Ray Singh Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu (director). Little Big Women (孤味), 2020. 124 min. East Asian cinema has always possessed…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “A Landmark in Environmental Science: Ma Tianjie’s In Search of Green China“ by Laurence Westwood Ma Tianjie. In Search of Green China, Polity Books, 2025. 272 pgs. Beginning in the…
![[ESSAY] “A Landmark in Environmental Science: Ma Tianjie’s 𝐼𝑛 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎” by Laurence Westwood](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/in-search-of-green-china-tianjie-ma-livres.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Haunted Inheritances and Queer Futures in Salini Vineeth’s The Tree, the Well & the Drag Queen” by Namrata Salini Vineeth. The Tree, the Well & the Drag Queen, Red River…
![[REVIEW] “Haunted Inheritances and Queer Futures in Salini Vineeth’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 & 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛” by Namrata](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/the-tree-the-well-the-drag-queen.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “We Are Ugly but We Have the Words: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho’s Love Poetry” by Jonathan Han Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on If I Do Not Reply. Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, If I…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Simmering, Steaming, Spilling: On Hongwei Bao’s Queer Playtext Hot Pot” by Ronny Chan Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Hot Pot. Hongwei Bao. Hot Pot, Poetic Edge Publishers, 2026. 112 pgs. “To…
![[ESSAY] “Simmering, Steaming, Spilling: On Hongwei Bao’s Queer Playtext 𝐻𝑜𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑡” by Ronny Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hongwei-bao.-hot-pot-poetic-edge-publishers-2026.-112-pgs.png)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Beauty of Becoming: Farzana Doctor’s The Beauty of Us” by Hana Kim Farzana Doctor. The Beauty of Us, ECW Press, 2024. 304 pgs. Last year, I wrote about…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Beauty of Becoming: Farzana Doctor’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑠” by Hana Kim](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/farzana-doctor.jpg)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Between Branding and Belonging: Re-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia” by Suyin Haynes Xin Gu, Michael Kho Lim, and Justin O’Connor (editors). Re-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia, Springer,…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Between Branding and Belonging: 𝑅𝑒-𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦-𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎” by Suyin Haynes](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/xin-gu-michael-kho-lim-and-justin-oconnor-editors.-re-imagining-creative-cities-in-twenty-first-century-asia.jpg)
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[ESSAY] “Hot Pot: A Queer East Asian Play About A Meal, Four Friends and What Remains Unsaid” by Hongwei Bao Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Hot Pot. Hongwei Bao (playwright). Hot Pot: A Queer East Asian Play About A Meal, Four…
![[ESSAY] “𝐻𝑜𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑡: A Queer East Asian Play About A Meal, Four Friends and What Remains Unsaid” by Hongwei Bao](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hot-pot-poster-square-with-title.jpg)