Category: Issue 45 September/October 2019
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{Written by Nashua Gallagher, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Marc Nair, Vital Possessions, Ethos Books, 2018. 84 pgs. βThe cupboard, abandoned, is a question: of what we…
![[REVIEW] “Enhancing the Sum of Its Parts: Marc Nair’s πππ‘ππ πππ π ππ π ππππ ” by Nashua Gallagher](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vital-possessions.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Phoebe Tsang, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tiffany Tsao, The Majesties, Atria Books, 2020. 272 pgs. In her choice of title alone, Tiffany Tsao proves…
![[REVIEW] “A Brocade of Shimmering Emotions: Tiffany Tsao’s The Majesties” by Phoebe Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-majesties-a-novel.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Simon Cartledge, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Richard McGregor, Xi Jinping: The Backlash, Penguin Random House Australia/Lowy Institute, 2019, 144 pgs. Richard McGregorβs Xi Jinping:…
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ Cha on Vigil. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink, Columbia Global Reports,…
![[Review] “Hong Kong Protest Movements: Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s Vigil” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vigil_cha-an-asian-literary-journa.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Danielle Karanjeet J. de Feo-Giet, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Song Lin (author), Jami Proctor Xu (translator), Sunday Sparrows, Jintian Series of Contemporary Chinese Poetry,…
![[REVIEW] “A Poet of Contrast in New Translation: Song Lin’s Sunday Sparrows in Jami Proctor Xu’s Translation” by Danielle Karanjeet J. de Feo-Giet](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sunday-sparrows_cha.png?w=857)
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{Written by Reid Mitchell, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Wai-Lim Yip, Arrivals and Departures: Poems, Memoir, and Chronology, Musical Stone Publishing Limited, 2017. 378 pgs. Arrivals and…
![[REVIEW] “Wai-Lim Yip’s π΄ππππ£πππ πππ π·πππππ‘π’πππ : πππππ , ππππππ, πππ πΆβπππππππ𦔠by Reid Mitchell](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/arrivals-and-departures_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Raphael Chim, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Sreedhevi Iyer, Jungle without Water and Other Stories, Jetstone, 2017. 155 pgs. The back cover of Jungle without…
![[Review] “Sreedhevi Iyer’s Jungle without Water and Other Stories: A Response” by Raphael Chim](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jungle-without-water_banner.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Kate Rogers, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Xu Xi, This Fish is Fowl: Essays of Being, University of Nebraska Press, 2019. 320 pgs. In her…
![[REVIEW] “A Cool Fish: Xu Xi’s πβππ πΉππ β ππ πΉππ€π: πΈπ π ππ¦π ππ π΅ππππ” by Kate Rogers](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/this-fish-is-fowl_banner.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Isabelle Lim, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Hamid Roslan, parsetreeforestfire, Ethos Books, 2019. 100 pgs. In the introduction to her collection on language poetry and…
![[REVIEW] “your mouth/will be a constant negotiation: Hamid Roslan’s ππππ ππ‘ππππππππ π‘ππππ” by Isabelle Lim](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/parsetreeforestfire.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Joshua Bird, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} David Walker, Stranded Nation: White Australia in an Asian Region, University of Western Australia Publishing, 2019. 528 pgs.…
![[Review] “Reframing Australia: David Walker’s Stranded Nation: White Australia in an Asian Region” by Joshua Bird](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/stranded-nation_white-australia.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Marsha McDonald , this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Eddie Tay, Anything You Can Get Away With: Creative Practices, Delere Press, 2018. 168 pgs. A star…
![[REVIEW] “Intercepting Identity: Eddie Tay’s π΄ππ¦π‘βπππ πππ’ πΆππ πΊππ‘ π΄π€ππ¦ πππ‘β” by Marsha McDonald](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/anything-you-can-get-away-with-1.jpg?w=907)
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{Written by Wei Ting Jen, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Teo You Yenn, This is What Inequality Looks Like, Ethos Books, 2018. 288 pgs. When I worked…
![[REVIEW] “Teo You Yenn’s πβππ ππ πβππ‘ πΌππππ’ππππ‘π¦ πΏππππ πΏπππ” by Wei Ting Jen](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/this-is-what-inequality-looks-like-1.png?w=971)
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{Written by DragoΕ Ilca, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Matt Tuner, Not Moving, Broken Sleep Books, 2019. 48 pgs. I really wish there weren’t that many Matt…
![[REVIEW] “Lots of Tricks in Its Pages: Matt Turner’s Not Moving” by DragoΕ Ilca](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/not-moving_by-matt-turner-1.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Lindsay Varty (author), Gary Jones (photographs), Sunset Survivors: Meet the People Keeping Hong Kong’s Traditional Industries Alive, Blacksmith…
![[Review] “Sunset Survivors: Meet the People Keeping Hong Kong’s Traditional Industries Alive” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sunset-survivors.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Grace Chia, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Maria Cheng, Tang Wai Hung and Eric Choy, Essential Terms of Chinese Painting, City University of Hong Kong…
![[REVIEW] “Chinese Art Encapsulated: Essential Terms of Chinese Painting” by Grace Chia](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/essential-terms-of-chinese-painting-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Perry Bayer, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Vaughan Rapatahana, Novel, Rangitawa Publishing, 2018. 320 pgs. Vaughan Rapatahana’s sophomore novel, neatly and appositely entitled Novel, is…
![[Review] “A Twisting and Turning Tornado of a Tale: Vaughan Rapatahana’s Novel” by Perry Bayer](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/vaughan-rapatahana.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Mary Lynn Bracht, White Chrysanthemum, Chatto & Windus, 2018. 320 pgs. In White Chrysanthemum, Mary Lynn Bracht tells…
![[REVIEW] “War Is a Crime Against the World’s Women and Girls: Mary Lynn Bracht’s πβππ‘π πΆβππ¦π πππ‘βπππ’π” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/white-chrysanthemum_header.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by David W. Landrum, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Wawa, Anna and Anna, Finishing Line Press, 2018. 26 pgs. The Hong Kong poet Wawa (who has…
![[Review] “Dualisms: Wawa’s Anna and Anna” by David W. Landrum](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/anna-and-anna-1.jpg?w=649)
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