Category: Tyran Grillo
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] βSa Re Ga MΔyΔ: The Speculative Life of Breath in Anaar Desai-Stephensβs Voicing Aspirationβ by Tyran Grillo Anaar Desai-Stephens. Voicing Aspiration: Bollywood Songs and Dreamwork in Contemporary India. Wesleyan University…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “The Dead Are Still Addressing Us: On Jeremy Fernandoβs translating love“ by Tyran Grillo Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon translating love. Jeremy Fernando (author), with paintings by Sara…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Right to Remain: Akane ArakiβsΒ Murder at the End of the World” by Tyran Grillo Akane Araki (author), Jesse Kirkwood (translator).Β Murder at the End of the World. Pushkin Press, 2026.…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Bodies That Exceed the Frame: Reading Andrea Mendozaβs Transpacific Nonencounters” by Tyran Grillo Andrea Mendoza. Transpacific Nonencounters: Racial Disconnects Across Twentieth-Century Japan and Mexico, Duke University Press, 2026. 208 pgs. Mifune…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] βThe Violence of Being Understood: Rio Shimamotoβs First Loveβ by Tyran Grillo Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon First Love. Rio Shimamoto (author), Louise Heal Kawai (translator). First Love. Honford…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βUnanswered Questions of Balance: Hiroko Oyamadaβs The Holeβ by Tyran Grillo Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Hiroko Oyamada. Hiroko Oyamada (author), David Boyd (translator). The Hole,…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Tender Aberrations: Reading Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony” by Tyran Grillo ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Life Ceremony. Sayaka Murata (author), Ginny Tapley Takemori (translator). Life Ceremony, Granta Books, 2022. 266 pgs.…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Hiroko Oyamada. Hiroko Oyamada (author), David Boyd (translator), The Factory, New Directions, 2019. 128 pgs. Hiroko Oyamadaβs The Factory weaves together the…
![[ESSAY] βSa Re Ga MΔyΔ: The Speculative Life of Breath in Anaar Desai-Stephensβs πππππππ π΄π πππππ‘πππβ by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Voicing-Aspiration.png)
![[ESSAY] “The Dead Are Still Addressing Us: On Jeremy Fernando’s π‘ππππ πππ‘πππ πππ£π” by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Translating-Love-Jeremy-Fernando.png)
![[REVIEW] “The Right to Remain: Akane ArakiβsΒ ππ’ππππ ππ‘ π‘βπ πΈππ ππ π‘βπ πππππ” by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/The-Right-to-Remain-Akane-Arakis-Murder-at-the-End-of-the-World.jpeg)
![[ESSAY] “Bodies That Excceed the Frame: Reading Andrea Mendoza’s πππππ πππππππ ππππππππ’ππ‘πππ ” by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Transpacific-Nonencounters-Racial-Disconnects-Across-Twentieth-Century-Japan-and-Mexico.jpg)
![[ESSAY] βThe Violence of Being Understood: Rio ShimamotoβsΒ πΉπππ π‘ πΏππ£πβ by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Rio-Shimamoto-First-Love.png)
![[REVIEW] βFamily, Failure, and Historical Memory in Sagisawa Megumuβs πβπ π
π’πππππ π΅ππ¦ πππ ππ‘βππ ππ‘πππππ β by James AuΒ Kin-Pong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cornellpress.cornell.edubook9781501749896the-running-boy-and-other-stories.jpg)
![[REVIEW] βUnanswered Questions of Balance: Hiroko Oyamadaβs πβπ π»πππβ by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hiroko-oyamada_the-hole.jpg)
![[REVIEW] “Tender Aberrations: Reading Sayaka Murata’s πΏπππ πΆππππππ𦔠by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/sayaka-murata-author-ginny-tapley-takemori-translator.png)
![[REVIEW] βA Senseless Menagerie: Hiroko Oyamadaβs πβπ πΉπππ‘πππ¦β by Tyran Grillo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-factory.png)