Haunting Hospitality
Heidy Lo reviews Marshall Moore’s new tale of a Hong Kong haunted by history that is also a deftly told allegory for today.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
Scales of Injustice: The Complete Fiction of Loa Ho
Liz Wan Yuen-Yuk reviews an authoritative new collection of one of Taiwan’s most respected writers from the turn of the century.
A Monthly Account of the Year Leading Up to the End of the World
Paul Scott Stanfied reviews a beguiling book of poetry from the pen of Joshua Edwards.
Nihilism and Technology
Carissa Ma reviews a book that thinks our visions of the future for the human body is driven by darker facets of the unconscious.
October Dedications
Marija Todorova reviews Mang Ke’s poetry collection and considers the significant role played by translators in such projects.
All The Words A Stage
Blair Reeve reviews a debut collection of poetry from Nashua Gallagher.
Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene
Winnie L.M Yee looks at how the content and production of Hollywood genre films and world cinema reflect man’s place in the postwar landscape of nuclear fear and climate crisis.
Gender, Health, and History in Modern East Asia
Harry Yi-Jui Wu reviews a collection of essays that discuss the often disorienting impact of the introduction of Western biological and medical sciences to East Asia.
