Ema the Captive

Christopher Urban reviews the latest translation of prolific Argentine writer César Aira who wrote but never revised, producing more than Continue reading →

Between the Trees and the Non-Trees – 在樹與非樹之間

Joel Swann’s epic series of 21 reviews of poetry published in Hong Kong continues with Agi Mishol’s short collection. Agi Continue reading →

And The Monkey Learned Nothing

Sean Mahoney on Tom Lutz’s epic travel micronarrative compendium, Jimmy Cliff, and whether monkeys are manipulative arseholes as well as highly Continue reading →

Bridge of Words

Paul Webb joins the HKRB to review a new book on the Babel-like nineteenth-century language of Esperanto and its unusual Continue reading →

Semantics and Nutrition 語義和營養

Joel Swann continues his series of 21 reviews of the powerful Poetry and Conflict box set by Chinese University of Hong Kong Continue reading →

The Slow Professor

Stephen Lee Naish reviews a new book about speed and academia, discussing representations of the university on film in comparison with Continue reading →

Not Written Words 不是文字

Yunwen Gao reviews Xi Xi’s Not Written Words discussing the sounds of poetry and the art of translation. XI XI 西西, Not Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: Rachel Price

Derick Varn discusses shifting nature of Cuban arts and literature with Rachel L. Price, professor in the department of Spanish Continue reading →