Eight Juxtapositions

Sean Mahoney reviews China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s latest collection of essays juxtaposing Chinese history and culture with some Western counterparts. Continue reading →

Hungry Ghost – 餓鬼

As the next part of his series on Poetry and Conflict, Joel Swann reviews Anne Waldman’s poetry in this new bilingual Continue reading →

The Second Year of Jianfeng – 建豐二年: 新中國烏有史

Yunwen Gao reviews a controversial new Chinese alternative history novel and explores the political situation in Hong Kong and China today. Continue reading →

Silence

Joel Swann is reviewing a series of 21 international poetry books published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press Continue reading →

Naturalism

Review by C. Derick Varn Wendy Xu, Naturalism (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2015) 41pp. C. Derick Varn reviews the latest chapbook Continue reading →

A Poem for a Book 一詩一書

Review by Joel Swann Yoko Tawada, A Poem for a Book (Hong Kong: CUHK Press, 2015) Over the coming weeks Continue reading →

Loop of Jade

Review by Leo Cookman      Sarah Howe,  Loop of Jade  (Chatto & Windus, 2015), pp. 80. Sarah Howe was first brought Continue reading →

Eight Hong Kong Poets

Review by Joel Swann David McKirdy and Peter Gordon (eds.). Eight Hong Kong Poets. Chameleon Press: Hong Kong, 2015. pp. Continue reading →