Category: Issue 41 “Writing Singapore”
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The “Writing Singapore” issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal will be available in October 2018. Joshua Ip, one of the two guest editors who read the submissions with us, has written the following editorial. Also read Eddie Tay’s editorial…
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The “Writing Singapore” issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal will be available in October 2018. Eddie Tay, one of the two guest editors who read the submissions with us, has written the following editorial. Also read Joshua Ip’s editorial…
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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: πΆπππ§π¦ π
ππβ π΄π ππππ 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.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} βΒ Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, The Infinite Library and Other Stories, Math Paper Press, 2017. 255 pgs. βΒ Patricia Karunungan,…
![[REVIEW] “Connections: πβπ πΌππππππ‘π πΏππππππ¦ and This is π»ππ€ πππ’ ππππ ππ π‘βπ ππππ” by Sandro Lau](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cha-review_singapore.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.} β 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 ππ’πππππ πΆππ’π” 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 ππ’πππππ πΆππ’π” 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 1997β2017, Math Paper Press, 2018. 132 pgs. What Happened: Poems 1997β2017 is Alvin…
![[REVIEW] “Seemingly Undisputed Autonomy of the Lyric Ego: Alvin Pang’s πβππ‘ π»πππππππ” 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.} β Amanda Chong, Professions, Math Paper Press, 2016. 61 pgs. β Jennifer Anne Champion, Caterwaul, Math Paper Press,…
![[REVIEW] “She Walks like a Free Country: A Review of Amanda Chong’s ππππππ π ππππ and Jennifer Anne Champion’s πΆππ‘πππ€ππ’π” 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.}Β {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.} β Audrey Chin, Nine Cuts, Math Paper Press, 2015. 102 pgs. β Desmond Kon Zhicheng-MingdΓ©, Babel Via Negativa, Ethos Books,…
![[REVIEW] “Dissecting Love and Language through Audrey Chin’s ππππ πΆπ’π‘π and Desmond Kon Zhicheng-MingdΓ©’s π΅ππππ π£ππ πππππ‘ππ£π” 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.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} βΒ Jeremy Tiang, State of Emergency, Epigram Books, 2016. 280 pgs. βΒ 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.}Β {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.}Β {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.}Β {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 ππ ππππ π΄ππ€ππ¦π πΈππ‘πππ πΈπ₯πππππ πβππππ ” 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.}Β {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 πΆππ‘πππ€ππ’π” 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.}Β {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.}Β {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 Theophilus Kwek, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} β Kirstin Chen, Bury What We Cannot Take, Little A, 2018. 275 pgs. β Suchen Christine Lim, The Man Who…
![[REVIEW] Stories for the Unseen: Kirstin Chen’s Bury What We Cannot Take and Suchen Christine Lim’s The Man Who Wore His Wife’s Sarong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stories-of-the-unseen.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Ng Yi-Sheng, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} βΒ Kevin Martens Wong, Altered Straits, Epigram Books, 2017. 384 pgs. βΒ JY Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven, Tor.com,…
![[REVIEW] “The Rise of Queer Singaporean Sci-Fi: Kevin Martens Wong’s π΄ππ‘ππππ ππ‘ππππ‘π and JY Yang’s ππππ ππππ‘π 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 π΄ πΉππππ πΊπ’πππ π‘π ππ’πππππππππ‘π ππ πππππππππ” 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.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Gwee Li Sui,Β 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 ππππππππ πππππππ β” 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 πππ‘βππ ππ π΄ππ ππ’ππ π‘ππππ ” by Nina Powles](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mother-of-all-questions.jpg?w=480)
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We are happy to announce that in September 2018Β ChaΒ will be publishing a special “Writing Singapore” issue. Submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and art are accepted between 1 April 2018 and 30 June 2018. If you have somethingΒ original, bizarre, daring…
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We are happy to announce that in September 2018Β ChaΒ will be publishing a special “Writing Singapore” issue. The issue will be guest edited byΒ Joshua IpΒ (poetry) andΒ Eddie TayΒ (prose), who will be reading the submissions with co-editorsΒ Tammy Ho Lai-MingΒ and Jeff Zroback. Submissions of…
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