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Category: Issue 39

[REVIEW] “Connection and Marginalisation: Stephanie Han’s 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔” by Kate Rogers

{Written by Kate Rogers, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Stephanie Han, Swimming in Hong Kong, Willow Spring Books, 2017. 134 pgs. On the surface, “Swimming in Hong…

Apr 29, 2018
[REVIEW] “A Review of Two Books of Malaysian Poetry: 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 and 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡” by Goh Cheng Fai Zach

{Written by Goh Cheng Fai Zach, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Malachi Edwin Vethamani (author), Complicated Lives, Maya Press, 2016. 112 pgs. Malachi Edwin Vethamani (editor), Malchin…

Mar 25, 2018
[REVIEW] “Memory, Trauma, Love: Wesley Leon Aroozoo’s 𝐼 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒／帰りたい” by Michael Tsang

{Written by Michael Tsang, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Wesley Leon Aroozoo (author), Miki Hawkinson (translator), I Want to Go Home, Math Paper Press, 2017. 222 pgs.…

Mar 25, 2018
[REVIEW] “Burying the Spoils of War: Warran Kalsegaran’s 𝐿𝑖𝑒𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐾𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑤𝑎’𝑠 𝐸𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑦” by Kevin Tan Kwan Wei

{Written by Kevin Tan Kwan Wei, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Warran Kalasegaran, Lieutenant Kurosawa’s Errand Boy, Epigram Books, 2017. 336 pgs. Warran Kalasegaran’s debut novel, Lieutenant…

Mar 25, 2018
[REVIEW] “Becoming a Hero: Jang Hoon’s A Taxi Driver” by Grace Chia

{Written by Grace Chia, this review is part of Issue 39 (March 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Jang Hoon (director), A Taxi Driver (Taeksi Woonjunsa), 2017. 137 min. A Taxi Driver is set during the…

Mar 25, 2018
[Review] Longing for Home: Boey Kim Cheng’s Gull Between Heaven and Earth

{Written by Wong Wen Pu, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Boey Kim Cheng, Gull Between Heaven and Earth, Epigram Books, 2017. 288 pgs. The Chinese are never…

Mar 25, 2018
[REVIEW] “There Is Much that His Narratives Can Offer the World: Mohamed Latiff Mohamed’s 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑁𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑖𝑎” by Brian Haman

{Written by Brian Haman, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Mohamed Latiff Mohamed (author), Nazry Bahrawi (translator), Lost Nostalgia, Ethos Books, 2017. 200 pgs. One of modernity’s defining…

Mar 12, 2018
[REVIEW] “Remembering the Musha Incident: Wu He’s 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒” by Ilaria Maria Sala

{Written by Ilaria Maria Sala, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Wu He (author), Michael Berry (translator), Remains of Life, Columbia University Press, 2017. 352 pgs. Remains of…

Feb 23, 2018
[REVIEW] The Solution Is to Read Slowly: Kate Rogers’s Out of Place

{Written by Rochelle Potkar, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Kate Rogers, Out of Place, Aeolous House, 2017. 65 pgs. Kate Rogers’ latest collection of poetry, Out of…

Feb 18, 2018
[Review] Revolutionary Practice: Kaitlin Solimine’s Empire of Glass

{Written by Matt Turner, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Kaitlin Solimine, Empire of Glass, Ig Publishing, 2017. 297 pgs. When Wang Guanmiao, future husband of Huang Li-ming,…

Feb 18, 2018
[REVIEW] “Shifting Terrains: Movement and Identity in Lachlan Brown’s 𝐿𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝐼𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒” by Maja Milatovic

{Written by Maja Milatovic, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Lachlan Brown, Lunar Inheritance, Giramondo Publishing Company, 2017. 96 pgs. Questions of identity and self-definition hold a special…

Feb 10, 2018
[REVIEW] “Eloquence, Anger, Sincerity—Henry Wei Leung’s 𝐺𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦: 𝐴𝑛 𝑂𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑝𝑦 𝐿𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑐” by Jason S Polley

{Written by Jason S Polley, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} 📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Henry Wei Leung, Goddess of Democracy:…

Feb 10, 2018
[Review] Three Vietnamese Voices in Australia: Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh

{Written by Mark Stevenson, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Nguyễn Hưng Quốc and Nhã Thuyên (editors), Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh…

Feb 5, 2018
[REVIEW] “Rich and Varied: Richard Berengarten’s 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔” by Eleanor Goodman

{Written by Eleanor Goodman, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Richard Berengarten, Changing, Shearsman Books, 2016, 563 pgs. What should one make of the Yijing (易經), that book that…

Feb 5, 2018
[REVIEW] “The Recipe for Embracing Biformity: Ang Lee’s 𝐸𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛” by Amanda Cattel

{Written by Amanda Cattel, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Ang Lee. Ang Lee (director), Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nü), 1994. 123…

Feb 5, 2018
Cha — Call for Submissions — Issue 39 (March 2018)

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue 39, scheduled for publication in March 2018. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines can be found here. Deadline: 31…

Oct 28, 2017