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Andrew Houwen’s note: The Japanese poet Kazue Shinkawa has described Noriko Ibaragi (1926-2006) as the “big sister” of post-war Japanese poetry. Ibaragi had her poetry first published at the age of 19, at a time when published women poets were…
![[EXCLUSIVE] Four New Translations of Noriko Ibaragi by Andrew Houwen and Peter Robinson](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ibaragi-noriko.jpeg?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} ❀ Ho Chee Lick and Anne Lee Tzu Pheng, Common Life: Drawings and Poems, Ethos Books, 2018. 191 pgs.❀ Elaine Woo, Put Your Hand in Mine, Signature Editions, 2019. 91 pgs. Each time I…
![[REVIEW] “In Search of the Extraordinary in the Ordinary: A Review of Ho Chee Lick and Anne Lee Tzu Pheng’s 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 and Elaine Woo’s 𝑃𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒” by Stephanie Studzinski](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/common-life_put-your-hand-in-mine-1.png?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Simon Wickhamsmith (translator), Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction, Columbia University Press, 2021. 296 pgs. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt international travel, entry into Mongolia remains…
![[REVIEW] “A Glimpse into Mongolia: 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠” by Sarah Köksal](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/suncranes-and-other-stories_cha-review.png?w=1024)
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Translation Editor Lucas Klein‘s note: Brian Holton’s translations of Li Bai are new in at least three senses: he completed them recently; they will be new to readers familiar only with the Tang poet’s “greatest hits” or anthology pieces; and they…
![[EXCLUSIVE] Parting, Travel, and the Great Roc: Poems of Li Bai, Newly Translated by Brian Holton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/parting-travel-and-the-great-roc-poems-of-li-bai-newly-translated-by-brian-holton.png?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Xuan Juliana Wang, Home Remedies, Penguin Random House, 2019. 240 pgs. Watching Olympic diving is agonisingly tense, even as I sit at my laptop in London to watch, 9,500km…
![[REVIEW] “Building Their Own Universes: A Review of Xuan Juliana Wang’s 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠” by Suyin Haynes](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/home-remedies_xuan-juliana-wang-copy.jpg?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Grace Chia, The Arches of Gerrard Street, Penguin Random House SEA, 2021. 268 pgs. It’s clear from the prologue alone that Grace Chia has prepared a complex and diverse diasporic world for…
![[REVIEW] “The Heterogeneity of the Vast Chinese Community: Grace Chia’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡” by Queenie Au](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/the-arches-of-gerrard-street.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jia Zhangke (director), Ash Is Purest White (Chinese name: 江湖兒女 Jianhu Ernü), 2018. 136 min. Note: This review contains spoilers. One of the most influential Chinese independent film directors today, Jia Zhangke turns to the…
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Translation Editor Lucas Klein‘s note: On the 9th or 10th of July, depending on where you are in the world, Cha hosted “The Force of Forging Words: A Translation Conversation” to launch my translation of Words as Grain: New and…
![[FEATURE] Six Poems by Duo Duo and Translated by Lucas Klein in 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/words-as-grain_duo-duo_lucas-klein.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tsering Döndrup (author), Christopher Peacock (translator), The Handsome Monk and Other Stories, Columbia University Press, 2019. 216 pgs. Tsering Döndrup’s The Handsome Monk and Other Stories shows that literatures from less visible…
![[REVIEW] “Noir Fables of Tibet: Tsering Döndrup’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-handsome-monk-and-other-stories_asian-cha.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Kang Kyeong-ae (author), Anton Hur (translator), The Underground Village, Honford Star, 2018. 288 pgs. The Underground Village is a collection of short stories by one of colonial Korea’s pioneer female authors, Kang Kyeong-ae, translated…
![[REVIEW] “Lamentable Conditions and the Decrepit Body: A Review of Kang Kyeong-ae’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑉𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒” by Suhasini Patni](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-underground-village-kang-kyeong-ae-1.png?w=718)
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