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    CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: First Impressions, Essays, En Route, Xi Xiβ€”Can We Say, Write to Power, and Auditory Cortex

    Header artwork by Annysa Ng 茢 First Impressionsclick for information 茢 Essays click for information 茢 En Routeclick for information 茢 XI XIβ€”Can We Sayclick for information 茢 Write to Powerclick for information 茢 Auditory Cortexclick for information

  • [REVIEW] “A Work of Social Theory: Petrus Liu’s π‘„π‘’π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘€π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘₯π‘–π‘ π‘š 𝑖𝑛 π‘‡π‘€π‘œ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘ ” by Thiago Braga

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Petrus Liu, Queer Marxism in Two Chinas, Duke University Press, 2015. 256 pgs. Recent scholarship on the flows of desire and subject formation in China has seemingly operated with…

    Aug 18, 2023
    [REVIEW] “A Work of Social Theory: Petrus Liu’s π‘„π‘’π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘€π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘₯π‘–π‘ π‘š 𝑖𝑛 π‘‡π‘€π‘œ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘ ” by Thiago Braga

  • [REVIEW] “A Song of Despair, of Burning Rage: Louisa Lim’s 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐢𝑖𝑑𝑦” by James Thompson

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Indelible City. Louisa Lim, Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, Text Publishing Melbourne Australia, 2022. 306 pgs. β€œThere is no escape from the horror…

    Aug 13, 2023
    [REVIEW] “A Song of Despair, of Burning Rage: Louisa Lim’s 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐢𝑖𝑑𝑦” by James Thompson

  • [EXCLUSIVE] β€œOn Writing, Language, and the Longing for Home” BY Agnes Chew

    Click HERE to read Frances An’s Review of Eternal Summer of Homeland. Writingβ€”like learning a new language, like moving across continentsβ€”is an adventure fraught with vulnerability. I began to write my first fiction collection, Eternal Summer of My Homeland, shortly…

    Aug 12, 2023
    [EXCLUSIVE] β€œOn Writing, Language, and the Longing for Home” BY Agnes Chew

  • [REVIEW] β€œThe Golden Age of Asian Horror Film: An Examination of π»π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝐸π‘₯π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘’ and π‘π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘π‘šπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›β€ by Susan Blumberg-Kason

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Nightmare Japan. ❀ Jinhee Choi and Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano (editors), Horror to the Extreme: Changing Boundaries in Asian Cinema, Hong Kong University Press, 2009. 284 pgs.❀ Jay…

    Aug 10, 2023
    [REVIEW] β€œThe Golden Age of Asian Horror Film: An Examination of π»π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝐸π‘₯π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘’ and π‘π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘π‘šπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π½π‘Žπ‘π‘Žπ‘›β€ by Susan Blumberg-Kason

  • [REVIEW] “Loneliness is Universal: Florentyna Leow’s π»π‘œπ‘€ πΎπ‘¦π‘œπ‘‘π‘œ π΅π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘˜π‘  π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π»π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘” by Keziah Cho

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart. Florentyna Leow, How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart, The Emma Press, 2023. 152 pgs. One of my most striking encounters with loneliness…

    Aug 9, 2023
    [REVIEW] “Loneliness is Universal: Florentyna Leow’s π»π‘œπ‘€ πΎπ‘¦π‘œπ‘‘π‘œ π΅π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘˜π‘  π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π»π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘” by Keziah Cho

  • [REVIEW] “A Genuine Fake? Xi Chuan’s π΅π‘™π‘œπ‘œπ‘š & π‘‚π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘ƒπ‘œπ‘’π‘šπ‘ ” by David Harrison Horton

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Bloom. Xi Chuan (author), Lucas Klein (translator), Bloom & Other Poems, New Directions. 2022. 204 pgs. Back in 1973, Harold Bloom imagined a literary landscape…

    Aug 7, 2023
    [REVIEW] “A Genuine Fake? Xi Chuan’s π΅π‘™π‘œπ‘œπ‘š & π‘‚π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘ƒπ‘œπ‘’π‘šπ‘ ” by David Harrison Horton

  • [REVIEW] “πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  Translated into Hongkongers’ Language: The Pain of Being Muted and a Slight Hope of Expressing Feeling” by Dawna Fung

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Tang Wai-ki (director), Karen Chan Ka-yan and Sing Ip (translators and actors), Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, We Draman, San Po Kong, 2023. One thing about Hong Kong is…

    Aug 6, 2023
    [REVIEW] “πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  πΏπ‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘  Translated into Hongkongers’ Language: The Pain of Being Muted and a Slight Hope of Expressing Feeling” by Dawna Fung

  • [REVIEW] β€œHong Kong as Method: Lucy Hamilton’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘‡π‘œπ‘™π‘œ π»π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘€π‘Žπ‘¦β€ by Michael Tsang

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Lucy Hamilton, The Widening of Tolo Highway: A Hong Kong Story of Paranoia and Protest, Penguin Random House SEA, 2022. 236 pgs. When, one-third into a novel, you still…

    Aug 6, 2023
    [REVIEW] β€œHong Kong as Method: Lucy Hamilton’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Šπ‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘‡π‘œπ‘™π‘œ π»π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘€π‘Žπ‘¦β€ by Michael Tsang

  • [EXCLUSIVE] Preface to 𝑀𝑦 π‘‡π‘€π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘‘β„Ž πΆπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦: 𝐴 π‘€π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘–π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ πΏπ‘’π‘œ 𝑂𝑒-πΉπ‘Žπ‘› πΏπ‘’𝑒

    Preface: Γ€ la recherche du temps perdu by Leo Ou-Fan Lee Translated from the Chineseby Heidi Huang A memoir, as the word itself implies, is a personal walk down one’s memory lane β€œin search of the lost time” against oblivion.…

    Aug 5, 2023
    [EXCLUSIVE] Preface to 𝑀𝑦 π‘‡π‘€π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘‘β„Ž πΆπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦: 𝐴 π‘€π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘–π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ πΏπ‘’π‘œ 𝑂𝑒-πΉπ‘Žπ‘› πΏπ‘’𝑒

  • [REVIEW] β€œThe Possible Map of π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΌπ‘šπ‘π‘œπ‘ π‘ π‘–π‘π‘™π‘’ 𝐢𝑖𝑑𝑦: A Review of Karen Cheung’s Hong Kong Memoir” by Michelle Suen

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on The Impossible City. Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir, Penguin Random House, 2022. 352 pgs. Karen Cheung’s memoir, The Impossible City, opens by…

    Aug 4, 2023
    [REVIEW] β€œThe Possible Map of π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΌπ‘šπ‘π‘œπ‘ π‘ π‘–π‘π‘™π‘’ 𝐢𝑖𝑑𝑦: A Review of Karen Cheung’s Hong Kong Memoir” by Michelle Suen
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