Insurgent Empire
Shelley Angelie Saggar reviews Priyamvada Gopal’s impressive new book on the British Empire.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
Special Issue on Qiu Miaojin: The Final Novel
Hélène Cixous’s Introduction to Qiu Miaojin’s second and final novel, “Last Words from Montmartre”.
Special Issue on Qiu Miaojin: Hélène Cixous
Hélène Cixous reflects on Evans Chan’s documentary on her student, Qiu Miaojin.
Special Issue on Qiu Miaojin: A Carnival of Ghosts
Ari Larissa Heinrich contributes an English translation of Qiu Miaojin’s archival student film, which was based on her award-winning story “A Carnival of Ghosts”.
Special Issue on Qiu Miaojin: A Conversation
Daniel Tsang talks to Evans Chan about his documentary on Qiu Miaojin, “Love and Death in Montmartre” (2019).
Special Issue on Qiu Miaojin
In the first of its kind for the HKRB, Carolyn Lau curates a special issue on the pioneer of Taiwanese queer literature, Qiu Miaojin (邱妙津).
Destination Shanghai
Yvonne Wong reviews Paul French’s exploration of the genius loci of Shanghai.
Flèche
May Huang reviews a celebrated debut collection of poetry by the Hong Kong writer Mary Jean Chan.
