𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑷𝑶𝑬𝑴𝑺—We invite submissions of original poems or poems newly translated into English on the theme “White" for an upcoming issue of Hong Kong's VOICE & VERSE POETRY MAGAZINE. ▚▚▚▚▚▚▚▚▚ Guidelines: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... ▚▚▚▚▚▚▚▚▚

Drugs. Rubber aliens. A paradise of sadness. Thank you @myetcetera.bsky.social for taking my strange writings on two heartfelt Chinese films and only truly debased creation from, of all people, Filthy Frank 👽

At @asiancha.bsky.social, @anguslikeswords.bsky.social situates Xiaosha Zhang’s mockumentary 𝑀𝑦 𝑆𝑜𝑛 𝑊𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡 within China’s rising science fiction cinema.He compares it to Kong Dashan’s 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 & TVFilthyFrank’s 𝐸.𝑇. 2,tracing shared themes. chajournal.blog/2025/11/15/e...

Backreading Hong Kong: An Annual Symposium will be held at Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library 利銘澤典宬 on the coming Monday and Tuesday! The theme of this year is "Anglophone & Sinophone"! Program: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dls/node/844

Thanks to @asiancha.bsky.social for publishing my review of One Girl Infinite. The film is part of the @queereast.bsky.social programme touring nationally in the UK.

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖— @queercomrades.bsky.social on 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 不可能女孩 (2025), directed by Lilly Hu (also known in Mandarin as Jiaying Hu): "There seem to be endless energies and high hopes for a life shared by two young women." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/i... 。。。。。

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Tin Yuet Tam examines Jacqueline Leung’s English translation of Hon Lai Chu’s dystopian novel 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 (2025), which depicts a city where conjoinment surgery binds two people together while erasing their identities. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/b...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—@mariorustan.bsky.social on Martin Albers's 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎: "... examines how the three leading states of Europe approached the People’s Republic of China in the Cold War ..." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/m...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] From Mario Rustan review's of Martin Albers's 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 & 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎, 1969–1982 (Palgrave 2016): "Albers begins the book by remarking that his wife, Chen Mengyu, was born in the 19th century." chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/m...

twinning Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order by Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison: www.cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=...

Although Taiwan is an island surrounded by the sea, the sound of waves is not usually what people think of when they picture it. Yet the ocean is ever present. We'd love to publish reviews of 𝑹𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒘𝒂𝒏 in @asiancha.bsky.social. If you're curious: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... 。。。。。

She's known for writing on politically significant events incl the 2009 play May 35th - euphemism for the 1989 June 4 Tiananmen crackdown. Ironically before HK's recent social movements & subsequently tightening political situation, Chong was once referred to (in 2013) as "A Playwright for Our Time"

The Death of Remembrance: A Review of May 35th (Gengzi Edition Global)《5月35日(庚子版)》by Curllous Longtemps (pseudonym) in @asiancha.bsky.social: hkprotesting.com/2020/07/25/r...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄] Zalman S. Davis’s piece portrays Wong Bar Wine in Hanoi as a cinematic refuge inspired by Wong Kar-Wai. "The tribute to Wong Kar-Wai is unmistakable. [A] three-dimensional cinematic moment brought to life." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/04/w... 。。。。。

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 𝐢𝐬? "The Beige Index is the Bechdel Test for race, exploring ethnic representation on the IMDb Top 250 Films. Hot takes and data viz by co-creators Siang Lu and Jonathan O'Brien." 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗: thebeigeindex.com 。。。。。

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Jennifer Eagleton on Hsiao-wen Cheng's 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐, & 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑: 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎: "... a major contribution to Asian gender studies and to the development of the study of female sexuality in China." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/03/w...

These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? @asiancha.bsky.social is seeking poems and translations for our ongoing series “Fight with Words, Write to Power” (in short, “Write to Power”). We welcome Asia-focused works. chajournal.blog/2025/11/03/w...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Serena De Marchi on Kaori Lai's 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒(@columbiaup.bsky.social 2025), trans. Sylvia Li-chun Lin & Howard Goldblatt: "Lai’s approach to narration, with her focus on ordinary people... is essentially microhistorical. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/31/w...

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦. We'd love to publish reviews of these books in @asiancha.bsky.social in 2026. If you are interested in reading any of these titles, please send an email to [email protected] to discuss further. 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1... 。。。。。

[𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒] Paul French reviews Lauren Walden’s 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔ℎ𝑎𝑖 (Hong Kong University Press, 2024): "Lauren Walden has done modern Chinese art history a magnificent service." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/01/08/s... 。。。。。

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Varsha Nair reviews Hisham Matar’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2016): "The kidnapping and subsequent disappearance of Matar’s father, Jaballa Matar, by the Qaddafi regime is the premise of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/01/t... 。。。。。

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦—Hana Kim on Lin Yi-Han’s 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑖-𝐶ℎ𝑖’𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒 (HarperVia, 2024), trans. Jenna Tang: "Working in a library, I often reflect on how stories such as Lin’s are preserved." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/01/f... 。。。。。

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦. We'd love to publish reviews of these books in @asiancha.bsky.social in 2026. If you are interested in reading any of these titles, please send an email to [email protected] to discuss further.

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Serena De Marchi on Kaori Lai's 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 (@columbiaup.bsky.social, 2025), translated from the Chinese by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt: "Lai’s approach to narration [...] is essentially microhistorical." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/31/w...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦] Rebecca Maine on 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠: 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 (2024), translated by Quan Manh Ha & Quynh H. Vo: "Vietnamese literature in English translation is frequently reduced to two poles." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/31/l...

My English translation of #LiuYichang’s #劉以鬯 “Riot” 動亂 is now published in @asiancha.bsky.social! 📷 Read it here: chajournal.blog/2025/10/23/r... #Translation #HongKongLiterature #LiuYichang #ChaJournal #ChrisSong #Riot #HongKongFiction #TranslationMatters #香港 #香港文學

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒—Richard Muñiz on 𝐺𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔, dir. Jopy Arnaldo: "Its premise revolves around Jamie Lazaro, who is hired as a translator for Japanese filmmaker Makoto Kanno’s film, which is premiering at a film festival in Bacolod, Philippines." ⧉ chajournal.blog/2024/06/07/g...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Gene Michael M. Atanacio reviews 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑧𝑜𝑛 (2025), dir. Jerrold Tarog: "After much anticipation, audiences are not merely eager; they demand to see how Tarog will present one of the Philippines’ most pivotal figures, Manuel Quezon." ⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/10/31/q...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 & 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐌] We are honoured to present the personal reflection “Curriculum Vitae in Silence” and the poem of the same title by Liu Hongbin, a Chinese British poet of Tiananmen exile. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/29/i... 。。。。。

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝. We're seeking pieces for 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, a section of @asiancha.bsky.social devoted to compact reviews of books/films (length negotiable) that may also offer personal reflections. We welcome pieces on old or newly released works. chajournal.blog/2025/10/28/i...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Bryan Elijah Trajano reviews Chris Martinez's latest film: "If teleseryes are the beating heart of Filipino entertainment, then 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑑𝑎 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 is the jolt that reminds us that the heart can beat in a different rhythm." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/28/a...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍] We're delighted to announce the publication of the latest entry in “Hong Kong Fiction in Translation”, by the section’s founder, @chrissonghk.bsky.social, who translated Liu Yichang’s story “Riot.” ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/23/riot

I did something.

The legendary 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 has been found. On 2 Dec, Stanford will reintroduce it to the world, featuring: Tom Mullaney, Yangyang Cheng, Emma Teng, David Brock, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Willie Liu, & Martin Wong www.eventbrite.com/e/mingkwai-r... 。。。

Thanks to @myetcetera.bsky.social and @asiancha.bsky.social for publishing my review of the film ‘Pillion’. The film is currently showing at London Film Festival and will be touring in UK cinemas this November.

Lines from Eliot Weinberger's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑢 𝐹𝑢 (New Directions, 2024) ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝑪𝒉𝒂: www.facebook.com/AsianCha.Jou... 。。。。。

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘] We are delighted to present @queercomrades.bsky.social’s essayistic film review, which blends cultural history, theory, and critique through the lens of 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 (dir. Harry Lighton, 2025). ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/20/p...

𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑷𝑶𝑬𝑴𝑺—Hong Kong's Voice & Verse invites submissions of previously unpublished poems in English & poems newly translated into English exploring "Apocalypse" in its 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐋, 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. Each contributor will receive one copy of the magazine. www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦] Vanessa Winghei Yeung on James Albon’s 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 (Top Shelf Productions, 2025), a vivid tale of Parisian life, cross-cultural friendship, and Hong Kong roots bridging linguistic and emotional divides. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/19/l... 。。。。

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Wani Nazir on Uno Chiyo’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 (Pushkin Press, 2025), translated from the Japanese by Rebecca Copeland: "Everything in 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 revolves around memory, identity, desire & social expectation." ⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/10/18/l...

𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝑪𝒉𝒂 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 “𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬” 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝑪𝒉𝒂, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞. In response @myetcetera.bsky.social wrote: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... ╩╩╩╩

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social—Yiwen Liu reviews Larissa Lai’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022), a decolonial novel intertwining Hong Kong’s overlooked histories with speculative fiction. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/18/l... 。。。。。

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 to James Shea, contributor and Guest Editor (with Kyoko Yoshida) of the “Writing Japan” issue—Issue 36 (June 2017) of @asiancha.bsky.social. His poetry collection, 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒, is the winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize 2025! More information: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... 。。。

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Abhinav Tulachan on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐 (HarperCollins India, 2018), ed. Namita Gokhale: "... calling 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐 merely something as straightforward as a “book” feels as though I am doing it a grave disservice." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/16/h... 。。。。。

I wrote a piece for the September 2025 issue of @worldlittoday.bsky.social. LINK: worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Jason S. Polley’s review of 𝑁𝑖𝑚𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑠 (Duke University Press, 2023) examines Kawika Guillermo’s experimental approach to autobiography. Polley outlines the book’s structure, its blending of memoir, theory, and poetry. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/16/n... 。。。。。

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐂𝐇𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] In her first review for @asiancha.bsky.social, Jade Gu reads Ang Lee’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑡 (1993) as a nuanced study of filial duty, queerness, and cultural displacement. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/15/w... 。。。。。

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘] Ratan Bhattacharjee’s essay on Amitav Ghosh’s 2025 Pak Kyongni Prize win situates this landmark recognition within the broader terrain of world literature and ecological thought. ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/15/a... 。。。。。

Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social, Editor-in-Chief of @asiancha.bsky.social, has been awarded the Cheney Creative Fellowship, co-hosted by the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing & Poetry@Leeds. ⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/2025/10/12/c... 。。。。。

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Theodora Yu writes on Sean Wang’s 𝐷𝑖𝑑𝑖 (2024), a bittersweet coming-of-age film that lays bare the quiet tensions and affections of a Taiwanese American family. "A sense of displacement and alienation permeates the film." ⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/10/15/d... 。。。。。