Pee Poems
Brendan Riley reviews the mordant scatological potion that is Lao Yang’s Pee Poems.
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Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
A Treatise on Stars
Ethan Hsi reviews Mei-mei Berssenbrugge’s ecopoetics of cosmic interconnection.
The Asian Financial Crisis 1995-98
Irina Bevza reviews a personal account of the financial crisis that ushered out the twentieth century.
The Impossible City
Shui-yin Sharon Yam reviews Karen Cheung’s poignant memoir about life in Hong Kong.
Touring China
Walter Chan reviews Yajun Mo’s examination of early Chinese travel culture.
Past-to-Present, Backlit
Joshua Calladine-Jones reviews Jessica Au’s deeply personal, cinematic, and impressionistic novel.
The Circle of the Snake
Julian Willming reviews a text that explores our yearning for a utopian version of the past that never existed.
My Dearest Martha
Chamois Chui reviews a collection of letters that lifts the veil on a different side of early colonial Hong Kong.
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