Category: essay
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Permutations (detail), 1976. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (South Korean, 1951β1982). Black and white, 16 mm film on video, silent; 10 min. Collection of the University of California, Berkeley Art…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “On Memory” by Jonathan Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/permutations-detail-1976.-theresa-hak-kyung-cha-south-korean-1951e280931982.jpg?w=904)
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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 inΒ ππππ, πππ ππ π½ππ¦ πππ ππ‘βππ π΄π π‘πππππππππ πππππ ” 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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What can literatureβand arts and humanities in generalβdo in a global pandemic? Not much, some would say; a lot, others may insist. I do not have an answer to such a complex question. But, ever since the start of the…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “The Use of Literature in a Global Pandemic” by Hongwei Bao](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/masked-woman.jpg?w=1024)
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Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Fang Fang. From 23 January to 8 April this year, the Chinese city of Wuhan was under lockdown for 77 days to contain the spread of COVID-19. For most of the…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Three Women and Their Wuhan Diaries: Women’s Writing in a Quarantined Chinese City” by Hongwei Bao](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wuhan-diaries.jpg?w=1024)
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29 August 2020 Chatting with a friend from Guangzhou who lives in Singapore, I said βε₯½ζ·εΏ΅δ½ ε θ₯Ώιθ εβ (Your Sai Kwan intonation is nostalgic and I really miss it). My good friend has been very persistent in keeping her Guangzhou Sai Kwan…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Stories about Cantonese: My Mother Tongue” by Dongli Liang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/iredheartcantonese_4.jpg?w=1024)
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When Lovers Die by Paul Rozario-Falcone I actually had had a date that evening. A handsome waiter from a few meals the week before had looked me up on Facebook and sent a friend request. He knew I had recently…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “When Lovers Die” by Paul Rozario-Falcone](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/silent-metal-creatures.jpeg?w=1024)
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