Category: 2023 Entries
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Hongjian Wang, Decadence in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture: A Comparative and Literary-Historical Reevaluation, Cambria Press, 2020. pgs. 252. The modern notion of decadence developed from Montesquieuβs…
![[REVIEW] “Through the Lens of European Decadence: Hongjian Wang’s π·ππππππππ ππ ππππππ πΆβππππ π πΏππ‘ππππ‘π’ππ πππ πΆπ’ππ‘π’ππ” by Sabina Knight](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/decadence-in-modern-chinese-literature-and-culture-a-comparative-and-literary-historical-reevaluation-1.jpg?w=500)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Soon Ai Ling (author) and Yeo Wei Wei (translator), Diasporic, Balestier Press, 2023. Soon Ai Lingβs short stories weave cultural trajectories from Guangdong, Hong Kong, the UK,…
![[REVIEW] “New Languages and New Lives: Soon Ai Ling’s π·πππ πππππ” by Astrid MΓΈller-Olsen](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/diasporic-1.jpg?w=495)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ The Sorrows of Others. Ada Zhang, The Sorrows of Others, A Public Space, 2023. 160 pgs. Previously on Cha, Susan Blumberg-Kason reviewed Ada Zhangβs…
![[REVIEW] “A Fractured Chinese American Diaspora in Ada Zhangβs πβπ ππππππ€π ππ ππ‘βπππ ” by Frances An](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-sorrows-of-others-ada-zhang.jpg?w=700)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Owlish. Dorothy Tse (author), Natascha Bruce (translator), Owlish, Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2023. 224 pgs. Iβve always sensed that Hong Kong has a unique way of combining the…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Making Sense of Time: Dorothy Tse and ππ€πππ β” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dorothy-tse-cha-an-asian-literary-journal.jpg?w=1024)
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β Translator’s Forewordβ Five Poemsβ Short Tongue @ Sea Breeze Books TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD by Daryl Lim Wei Jie I first encountered the poetry of Wang Mun Kiat ι»ζζ° when I translated some of his poems for a special issue of…
![[FEATURE] πβπππ‘ πππππ’π: Translator’s Foreword by Daryl Lim Wei Jie](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/short-tongue_header.png?w=1024)
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β Translator’s Forewordβ Five Poemsβ Short Tongue @ Sea Breeze Books MODERN BOOK OF REVELATION: SMARTPHONE by Wang Mun Kiat, translated from the Chinese into English by Daryl Lim Wei Jie Looking down:the most talkativemutes Looking up:the loneliestchatterboxes . η°δ»£ε―η€Ίε½οΌζΊθ½ζζΊ…
![[FEATURE] πβπππ‘ πππππ’π: Five Poems](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/short-tongue-copy.jpg?w=1024)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on The Sorrows of Others. Ada Zhang, The Sorrows of Others, A Public Space, 2023. 160 pgs. Empathy. Itβs a simple word and one…
![[REVIEW] βEmpathy is Key: Ada Zhangβs πβπ ππππππ€π ππ ππ‘βπππ ” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/the-sorrows-of-others-1.jpg?w=700)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films BαΊ£o Ninh (author), Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran (translators and editors), HΓ Nα»i at Midnight: Stories, with a foreword by Nguyα» n VΔn ThuαΊ₯n, Texas Tech University…
![[REVIEW] βA Paradigm Shift: BαΊ£o Ninhβs HΓ Nα»i at Midnight” by Mia Tompkins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hanoi-at-midnight-1.png?w=967)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Tim Tim Cheng, Tapping at Glass, Verve Poetry Press, 2023. 44 pgs. History, of course, repeats itself. What was termed βThe Lost Generationβ by Gertrude Stein, to…
![[REVIEW] “Permutations of Loss: The Poetics of Tim Tim Cheng” by Sam Cheuk](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cheng-tim-tim_tapping-at-glass.png?w=1024)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Outstanding Translations of a Singular Poet: Yam Gong’s Moving a Stone” by Mary King Bradley and Matthew Cheng Yam Gong (author), James Shea and Dorothy Tse (translators), Moving a Stone,…
![[REVIEW] “Outstanding Translations of a Singular Poet: Yam Gong’s πππ£πππ π ππ‘πππ” by Mary King Bradley and Matthew Cheng](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/moving-a-stone-copy.jpg?w=896)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Shirley Geok-lin Lim, In Praise of Limes, Sungold Editions, 2022. 106 pgs. In this review of Shirley Geok-lin Limβs In Praise of Limes, I attempt a process which…
![[REVIEW] “Limβs Limes Call To Mind⦔ by Dean A. F. Gui](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/praise-of-limes.png?w=1024)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Rin Ishigaki (author), Janine Beichman (translator), and Paul Rossiter (editor), This Overflowing Light: Selected Poems, with an introduction by Janine Beichman, Isobar Press, 2022. 118 pgs. When…
![[REVIEW] βRin Ishigakiβs Poetry as Resilienceβ by Nadine Willems](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-overflowing-light-1.jpg?w=653)
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TH: With great pleasure we are presenting Matt Turner’s preface to his translation of Lu Xun’s Weeds ιθ, published by Seaweed Salad Editions in 2019. The book also includes an introduction by Nick Admussen and woodblock print artwork by Monika…
![[FEATURE] Lu Xun’s πππππ : Preface](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/screenshot-2023-02-06-at-22.02.47.png?w=1024)
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Beggars by Lu Xun, translated from the Chinese into English by Matt Turner Iβm walking alongside a high, peeling wall, stamping loose dust. Several others walk alone. A breeze comes up, and tree branches above the wall, with still-unwithered leaves,…
![[FEATURE] Lu Xun’s πππππ : Beggars](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/weeds_lu-xun.webp?w=1024)
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Trembling Decay by Lu Xun, translated from the Chinese into English by Matt Turner I dreamt I was dreaming. I didnβt know where I was, before my eyes, late night, the confining interior of a small hutβand I could also…
![[FEATURE] Lu Xun’s πππππ : Trembling Decay](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/web-page-2-1024x693-1-1.webp?w=604)
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TH:Β We are pleased to present an exclusive essay by Eileen J. Cheng entitled “Lu Xun and Radical Art” and her English translation of Lu Xun’s “Tombstone Inscriptions” ε’η’£ζ, included in Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk. “Tombstone Inscriptions”…
![[EXCLUSIVE] Eileen J. Cheng: “Lu Xun and Radical Art” and “Tombstone Inscriptions” ε’η’£ζ](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wild-grass-and-morning-blossoms-gathered-at-dusk-1.jpg?w=450)
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π XI XIβCAN WE SAY: Entries π Xi Xi and Jennifer Feeley
![[CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] Xi Xi: Can We SayβA Special Feature](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/asian-cha_xi-xi.png?w=1024)
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Gish Jen, Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories, Alfred A Knopf, 2022. 272 pgs. βA beautiful country full of beautiful coats, what could that be but evil?β ponders…
![[REVIEW] βLaughter of the Displaced: A Review of Gish Jenβs πβπππ πππ’, ππ. πππ₯ππβ by Emma H. Zhang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/thank-you-mr-nixon-gish-jen.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Ping Zhu and Hui Faye Xiao (editors), Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics, Syracuse University Press, 2021. 408 pgs. In Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, on the shore where the Fu and Nan rivers…
![[REVIEW] βWhat Does It Mean to Be a Feminist in China? Reviewing πΉππππππ ππ Β π€ππ‘β πΆβππππ π πΆβπππππ‘ππππ π‘πππ β by X. H. Collins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/feminists_chinese-characteristics.png?w=1024)
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