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π Click HERE for all First Impressions entries. We are very pleased to announce the launch of π π’π«π¬π ππ¦π©π«ππ¬π¬π’π¨π§π¬, a section of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal devoted to compact reviews of books and films (300-800 words; negotiable) that may…
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Soon Ai Ling (author) and Yeo Wei Wei (translator), Diasporic, Balestier Press, 2023. Soon Ai Lingβs short stories weave cultural trajectories from Guangdong, Hong Kong, the UK,…
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ The Sorrows of Others. Ada Zhang, The Sorrows of Others, A Public Space, 2023. 160 pgs. Previously on Cha, Susan Blumberg-Kason reviewed Ada Zhangβs…
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Owlish. Dorothy Tse (author), Natascha Bruce (translator), Owlish, Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2023. 224 pgs. Iβve always sensed that Hong Kong has a unique way of combining the…
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β Translator’s Forewordβ Five Poemsβ Short Tongue @ Sea Breeze Books TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD by Daryl Lim Wei Jie I first encountered the poetry of Wang Mun Kiat ι»ζζ° when I translated some of his poems for a special issue of…
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β Translator’s Forewordβ Five Poemsβ Short Tongue @ Sea Breeze Books MODERN BOOK OF REVELATION: SMARTPHONE by Wang Mun Kiat, translated from the Chinese into English by Daryl Lim Wei Jie Looking down:the most talkativemutes Looking up:the loneliestchatterboxes . η°δ»£ε―η€Ίε½οΌζΊθ½ζζΊ…
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on The Sorrows of Others. Ada Zhang, The Sorrows of Others, A Public Space, 2023. 160 pgs. Empathy. Itβs a simple word and one…
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π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Tim Tim Cheng, Tapping at Glass, Verve Poetry Press, 2023. 44 pgs. History, of course, repeats itself. What was termed βThe Lost Generationβ by Gertrude Stein, to…
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Outstanding Translations of a Singular Poet: Yam Gong’s Moving a Stone” by Mary King Bradley and Matthew Cheng Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Moving a Stone. Yam Gong (author), James Shea…


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