Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation and Change
Stuart Walton finds something missing in this self-directed narrative of psychonautic exploration.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
Leftover in China
Chloe Lim reviews Roseann Lake’s provocative new book on the pressures faced by women in today’s China.
HKRB Essays: The Endless, Nameless Real
Adam Steiner confronts the decline of the box-set TV show and the future of film and streaming.
Under the Rock
Marcel Krueger reviews an unsettling account of the myths and legends of Scout Rock, a dominating and ominous presence in West Yorkshire, England.
A Pillow Book, and Palace of Subatomic Bliss
Karolinn Fiscaletti discusses two important new poetry collections from Canarium Books.
Exit West
Ragini Mohite kicks off a series of reviews and essays on Writing Colonialism today with a look back at Moshin Hamid’s recently reprinted novel of magical realism and migration.
Politics of the Asylum
Leo Cookman reviews Adam Steiner’s outsider on the inside novel of institutional derangement.
Prisoner of Infinity
Nicolas Hausdorf reviews the eloquent new book from the underground artist Jasun Horsley.
