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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Bae Myung-hoon (author), Sung Ryu (translator), Tower, Honford Star, 2021. 262 pgs. In Tower, Bae Myung-Hoon unveils a kaleidoscope of vignettes anchored around the central pillar of the fictional…
![[REVIEW] “More Social-science than Fiction: Bae Myung-hoon’s 𝑇𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟” by Lucy Hamilton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/flatmock-uptowerback.png?w=780)
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TH: In this essay, Matt Turner meditates on a couple of recent concerts he attended at Dream House and Task, both in New York. In late July this year, I attended a performance at Dream House in lower Manhattan; I…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “A Space for ‘Music'” by Matt Turner](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dh2023_1.jpg?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Dung Kai-cheung (author), Bonnie S. McDougall and Anders Hansson (translators), A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On, Columbia University Press, 2022. 218 pgs. First published in…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Aesthetics of Obsolescence: Dung Kai-cheung’s 𝐴 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑂𝑛” by Jennifer Eagleton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/a-catalog-of-such-stuff-as-dreams-are-made-on_cha-banner.png?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Wenying Xu, Eating Identities: Reading Food in Asian American Literature, University of Hawai’i Press, 2007. 208 pgs. Food has long occupied an important space in art, whether in literature,…
![[REVIEW] “Formidable Exploration of the Symbolism of Food in Literature—Wenying Xu’s 𝐸𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒” by Janet Hui Ching Tay](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/reading-identities-cha.jpg?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mimi Okabe, Manga, Murder, and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of Japan’s Lost Generation, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. 216 pgs. Has any national psyche (if such a thing even exists) ever…
![[REVIEW] “Walking on Thin Ice—Mimi Okabe’s 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎, 𝑀𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑦 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛’𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛” by Liam Beale](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/screenshot-2023-11-29-at-13.52.52.png?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Susan Blumberg-Kason, Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon: The Story of The Doyenne of Old China, Post Hill Press, 2023. 275 pgs. “Acknowledgements are also due to… Bernardine Szold Fritz… who, sometimes…
![[REVIEW] “The Extraordinary Story of Bernardine Szold Fritz—A Review of Susan Blumberg-Kason’s 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔ℎ𝑎𝑖 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎” by X. H. Collins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-extraordinary-story-of-bernardine-szold-fritze28094a-review-of-susan-blumberg-kasons-bernardines-shanghai-salon-the-story-of-the-doyenne-of-old-china.jpg?w=768)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “A Bittersweet Love for a Tempestuous City: Chan Kwan Ee Tom’s Listen” by Akin Jeje Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Listen. Chan Kwan Ee Tom, Listen, Atmosphere Press, 2023. Inspired…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “A Bittersweet Love for a Tempestuous City: Chan Kwan Ee Tom’s 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛” by Akin Jeje](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/listen_chan-kwan-ee-tom.jpg?w=1024)
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TH: Wong King Fai’s short story “The Girl Without a Face” 無相女 was published in the Hong Kong Literary 香港文學 magazine in 2009 and is included in the author’s collection Hong Kong: Mock City 香港：重複的城市. In 2023, it was shortlisted…
![[TRANSLATION] “The Girl Without a Face” by Wong King Fai, Translated by Chris Song](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/girl-without-a-face_cha-an-asian-literary-journal.jpg?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ho-fung Hung, City on the Edge: Hong Kong under China Rule, Cambridge University Press, 2022. 316 pgs. “Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will.” Ho-fung Hung’s latest monograph, City…
![[REVIEW] “Is Hong Kong Expired after the National Security Law?—A Review of Ho-fung Hung’s 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑔𝑒: 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒” by Winnie W. C. Lai](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/city-on-the-edge_cha-banner.png?w=936)
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TH: In this very short tale, Guru T Ladakhi presents a defiant woman proud of ownership of her body and choices, unafraid of the gossip and speculation of others. Artwork by Anastasi Holubchyk. I know a great grandmother. She is…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Tall” by Guru T Ladakhi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/anastasi-holubchyk1.png?w=940)
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