A Serf’s Journal
Grafton Tanner reviews a memoir that looks at the working conditions of big industry – how corporatism breaks, imprisons, and sometimes kills its workers.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
These Things Here and Now
Claire Qian reviews a volume that considers the role of poetry in times of trauma.
An Eden of Danger
Bob Duffy reviews Lauren Groff’s Florida, a new collection of artful, brooding narratives hinging on themes of abandonment and isolation.
Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation and Change
Stuart Walton finds something missing in this self-directed narrative of psychonautic exploration.
Leftover in China
Chloe Lim reviews Roseann Lake’s provocative new book on the pressures faced by women in today’s China.
HKRB Essays: The Endless, Nameless Real
Adam Steiner confronts the decline of the box-set TV show and the future of film and streaming.
Under the Rock
Marcel Krueger reviews an unsettling account of the myths and legends of Scout Rock, a dominating and ominous presence in West Yorkshire, England.
A Pillow Book, and Palace of Subatomic Bliss
Karolinn Fiscaletti discusses two important new poetry collections from Canarium Books.
