Destination Shanghai
Yvonne Wong reviews Paul French’s exploration of the genius loci of Shanghai.
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Flèche
May Huang reviews a celebrated debut collection of poetry by the Hong Kong writer Mary Jean Chan.
Coming to our Senses
Emily Chow-Quesada reviews The Hong Kong Writers Circle annual anthology of short stories and poems about the city.
The Birth and Death of Literary Theory
Eli Park Sorensen reviews Galin Tihanov’s impressive new work on the rise and fall of literary theory.
Illiberal China
Lin Song reviews Daniel F. Vukovich’s interdisciplinary account of the PRC’s illiberal political culture.
Mouse vs. Cat in Chinese Literature
Tom Marling reviews a collection of animal fables that adds an elegant new dimension to the anglophone understanding of the Chinese literary tradition.
Days When I Hide My Corpse in a Cardboard Box
May Huang reviews a new collection of poems from Hong Kong.
Found in Transition
Ka-Lee Wong reviews an assessment of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China.
