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 →

Zombies: A Cultural History

Review by Nadim Bakhshov Roger Luckhurst, Zombies: A Cultural History (Reaktion Books, 2015) pp. 196. The Zombie, according to Roger Luckhurst, 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 →

Scattered at Sea

Review by C Derick Varn Amy Gerstler, Scattered at Sea (Penguin Poets, 2015), pp. 96. Amy Gerstler’s poetry has always Continue reading →

Learning to Die in the Anthropocene

A HKRB Short Review by Stephen Lee Naish Roy Scranton, Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End Continue reading →

The Capitalist Unconscious

Review by Alfie Bown  Samo Tomšič, The Capitalist Unconscious: Marx and Lacan (Verso, 2015) pp. 272 Slavoj Žižek’s philosophy, whilst not Continue reading →