Nihilism and Technology
Carissa Ma reviews a book that thinks our visions of the future for the human body is driven by darker facets of the unconscious.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
October Dedications
Marija Todorova reviews Mang Ke’s poetry collection and considers the significant role played by translators in such projects.
All The Words A Stage
Blair Reeve reviews a debut collection of poetry from Nashua Gallagher.
Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene
Winnie L.M Yee looks at how the content and production of Hollywood genre films and world cinema reflect man’s place in the postwar landscape of nuclear fear and climate crisis.
Gender, Health, and History in Modern East Asia
Harry Yi-Jui Wu reviews a collection of essays that discuss the often disorienting impact of the introduction of Western biological and medical sciences to East Asia.
Be With
Lucas Klein reviews Forrest Gander’s challenging new collection of poetry.
HKRB Interviews: Michela Wrong
In the second of a mini-series of interviews conducted by Nigerian poet and novelist Timothy Ogene, journalist and author Michela Wrong is the guest.
Babushka’s Journey: The Dark Road to Stalin’s Wartime Camps
Natalia Delazari reviews Marcel Krueger’s intriguing new book which raises important questions about the intersection of memory, imagination, and identity in the genre of the memoir.
