Category: books
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{Written by Emma Zhang, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Kai-Fu Lee, AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. 272 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Techno Dystopia: Ka-Fu Lee’s AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order” by Emma Zhang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ai-super-powers.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Ilaria Maria Sala, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Christina Yi, Colonizing Language: Cultural Production and Language Politics in Modern Japan and Korea, Columbia University Press,…
![[REVIEW] “Uncontrollable Forces: Christina Yi’s ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐: ๐ถ๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐” by Ilaria Maria Sala](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/colonizing-language-1.png?w=384)
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{Written by Michael Tsang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} This review contains spoilers to the entire franchise. Though highly celebrated commercially, Crazy Rich Asians the film also seems to…
![[REVIEW] “The Asian American Elite’s Victory: ๐ถ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐
๐๐โ ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐๐ in Print and on Screen” by Michael tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/crazy-rich-asians_cha-journal.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Sandro Lau, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} โย Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, The Infinite Library and Other Stories, Math Paper Press, 2017. 255 pgs. โย Patricia Karunungan,…
![[REVIEW] “Connections: ๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ and This is ๐ป๐๐ค ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐” by Sandro Lau](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cha-review_singapore.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Anna Onni, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Shubigi Rao, Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book Volume I of V, Rock Paper Fire, 2016.…
![[Review] Shubigi Rao’s Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book Volume I of V](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pulp1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Kate Rogers, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} โ Toh Hsien Min (author) and Jacques Rancourt (translator), Dans Quel Sens Tombent Les Feuilles, Editions Caracteres, 2016. 134…
![[REVIEW] “A Tame Paradise: Dans Quel Sens Tombent Les Feuilles and From Walden to Woodlands” by Kate Rogers](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cha-review_kate-rogers.jpg?w=1024)
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[REVIEW] “Reasons to Live: Rachel Heng’s ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ข๐” by Joshua Ip
{Written by Joshua Ip, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Rachel Heng, Suicide Club, Henry Holt & Co, 2018. 352 pgs. Rachel Heng’s Suicide Club begins with a teaser…
![[REVIEW] “Reasons to Live: Rachel Heng’s ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ข๐” by Joshua Ip](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/suicide-club1.jpg?w=647)
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{Written by Jerome Lim, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Alvin Pang, What Happened: Poems 1997โ2017, Math Paper Press, 2018. 132 pgs. What Happened: Poems 1997โ2017 is Alvin…
![[REVIEW] “Seemingly Undisputed Autonomy of the Lyric Ego: Alvin Pang’s ๐โ๐๐ก ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐” by Jerome Lim](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/alvin-pang_what-happened_math-paper-press.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Ow Yeong Wai Kit, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} โ Amanda Chong, Professions, Math Paper Press, 2016. 61 pgs. โ Jennifer Anne Champion, Caterwaul, Math Paper Press,…
![[REVIEW] “She Walks like a Free Country: A Review of Amanda Chong’s ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ and Jennifer Anne Champion’s ๐ถ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐๐ข๐” by Ow Yeong Wai Kit](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/professions-and-caterwaul_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Pow Jun Kai, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Zhang Ruihe and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow (editors), In Transit: An Anthology from Singapore on Airports and Air Travel,…
![[REVIEW] “Still Very Much In Transit: A Review of An Anthology from Singapore on Airports and Air Travel” by Pow Jun Kai](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/in-transit1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Stephanie Studzinski, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} โ Audrey Chin, Nine Cuts, Math Paper Press, 2015. 102 pgs. โ Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdรฉ, Babel Via Negativa, Ethos Books,…
![[REVIEW] “Dissecting Love and Language through Audrey Chin’s ๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ข๐ก๐ and Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdรฉ’s ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐” by Stephanie Studzinski](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/nine-cuts-and-babel-via-negativa_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Mandy Chi Man Lo, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} โย Jeremy Tiang, State of Emergency, Epigram Books, 2016. 280 pgs. โย Loh Kah Seng, Thum Ping Tjin…
![[Review] “Multiple Narratives of Truth: Living with Myths in Singapore and State of Emergency” by Mandy Chi Man Lo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/living-with-myths-in-singapore-and-state-of-emergency_header.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Al Lim, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Daryl Lim Wei Jie, A Book of Changes, Math Paper Press, 2016. 65 pgs. Meanwhile, what constructs Singapore?…
![[REVIEW] “Positions: Daryl Lim Wei Jie’s A Book of Changes” by Al Lim](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bookofchanges_front_078e160a-9c71-4861-a841-247fdebb0332.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Chloe Leung, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Grace Chia, The Wanderlusters, Math Paper Press, 2016. 353 pgs. Reality is a masquerade for the Cirque Obelisque,…
![[Review] “Behold the Facelessness Behind False-Face”: Flirting with Desire in Grace Chia’s The Wanderlusters](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/grace-chia_wanderlusters.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Samantha Toh, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Cheryl Julia Lee, We Were Always Eating Expired Things, Math Paper Press, 2014. 52 pgs. I picked up…
![[REVIEW] “The Potential of the Poet: Cheryl Julia Lee’s ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ” by Samantha Toh](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/we-were-always-eating-expired-things.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Angus Whitehead, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jennifer Anne Champion, Caterwaul, Math Paper Press, 2016. 71 pgs. In the back-cover blurb of this collection, Jennifer…
![[Review] “Pain and Desire: Jennifer Anne Champion’s ๐ถ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐๐ข๐” by Angus Whitehead](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jennifer-anne-champion.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Paul Jerusalem, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Ng Yi-Sheng, A Book of Hims, Math Paper Press, 2017. 87 pgs. When 2008 Singapore Literature Prize winner…
![[REVIEW] Preaching to the Queer: Ng Yi-Sheng’s A Book of Hims](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a-book-of-hims-white11.jpg?w=811)
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{Written by Ann Ang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Sharlene Teo, Ponti, Picador, 2018. 304 pages. Three women. The heady atmosphere of an all-girls school, redolent of…
![[Review] An Elegy for Female Friendship: Sharlene Teo’s Ponti](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sharlene-teo_ponti1.jpg?w=400)
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{Written by Ng Yi-Sheng, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} โย Kevin Martens Wong, Altered Straits, Epigram Books, 2017. 384 pgs. โย JY Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven, Tor.com,…
![[REVIEW] “The Rise of Queer Singaporean Sci-Fi: Kevin Martens Wong’s ๐ด๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ and JY Yang’s ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ Series” by Ng Yi-Sheng](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ng-yi-sheng_cha-review.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Angus Whitehead, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Samuel Lee, A Field Guide to Supermarkets in Singapore, Math Paper Press, 2016. 61 pgs. Recent Singapore poetry…
![[REVIEW] “Quirky Poems of Considerable Depth: A Review of Samuel Lee’s ๐ด ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐” by Angus Whitehead](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/7b60e333243381-56a5ead0b252a.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Patrick Jiang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Gwee Li Sui,ย Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2017. 200 pgs. As it…
![[REVIEW] “The Joys of Spiaking Singlish: Or, Rather, Reading It: Gwee Li Sui’s ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ” by Patrick Jiang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/krsea-spiaking-singlish-a-companion-to-how-singaporeans-communicate-678x381.jpg?w=678)
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{Written by Nina Powles, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Grace Chia, Mother of All Questions, Math Paper Press, 2017. 89 pgs. I am not your creation. I…
![[REVIEW] “I Am Not Your Creation: Grace Chia’s ๐๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ” by Nina Powles](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mother-of-all-questions.jpg?w=480)
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{Written by Carolyn Lau, this review is part of Issue 40 (July 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Alma Cruz Miclat, Soul Searchers and Dreamers: Artists’ Profiles, Maningning Miclat Art Foundation and Erehwon Centre for the…
![[Review] Looking for Idealism: Alam Cruz Miclat’s Soul Searchers and Dreamers](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/soul_and_searchers_artist_profiles_alma_cruz_miclat-4_1024x1024.jpg?w=590)
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{Written by Janice Tsang, this review is part of Issue 40 (July 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Monette Bichsel, Lenny Kaye Bugayong and Lily C. Fen (editors), Bending Without Breaking: Thirteen Women’s Stories of Migration…
![[Review] Bending Without Breaking: Thirteen Women’s Stories of Migration and Resilience](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bending.png?w=266)
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{Written by Karlo Antonio Galay David, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Christine Godinez-Ortega (editor), Mindanao Harvest 3: An Anthology of Retold Tales of Mindanao, National Commission for…
![[REVIEW] “Tales Told and Retold: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ก 3” by Karlo Antonio Galay David](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mindanao-harvest-21.jpg?w=576)
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{Written by Chloe Leung, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Marguerite Alcazaren de Leon, People in Panic, Cor Asia, 2015. 115 pgs. “I found a floating head in…
![[REVIEW] “What The Head?: Marguerite de Leon’s ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐” by Chloe Leung](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/panic.jpeg?w=620)
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{Written by Natalia Delazari, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Angelo R. Lacuesta, Coral Cove and Other Stories, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2017. 155 pgs. With…
![[Review] A Literary Archipelago: Angelo R. Lacuesta’s Coral Cove](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/coral-cove.jpg?w=583)
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{Written by Alfred A. Yuson, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Francis C. Macansantos, Snail Fever, University of the Philippines Press, 2016. 109 pgs. I always hark back…
![[REVIEW] “Francis C. Macansantos: Poet of Light” by Alfred A. Yuson](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/snail-fever1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Sandro Lau, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} David R. Brubaker, Liberace’s Filipino Cousin, ThingsAsian Press, 2016. 160 pgs. In his anthology Liberace’s Filipino Cousin, David…
![[Review] David R. Brubaker’s Liberace’s Filipino Cousin](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/liberaces-filipino-cousin.jpeg?w=750)
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{Written by Christian Benitez, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Charlie Samuya Veric, Histories, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2015. 109 pgs. In Charlie Veric’s collection Histories catastrophe…
![[REVIEW] “Misreading Usual Catachresis: Charlie Samuya Veric’s ๐ป๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ” by Christian Benitez](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/histories.jpg?w=1024)
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