Past-to-Present, Backlit
Joshua Calladine-Jones reviews Jessica Au’s deeply personal, cinematic, and impressionistic novel.
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Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
The Circle of the Snake
Julian Willming reviews a text that explores our yearning for a utopian version of the past that never existed.
My Dearest Martha
Chamois Chui reviews a collection of letters that lifts the veil on a different side of early colonial Hong Kong.
HKRB Essays: Are You Game?
ACAB thinks about Videogame activism in Hong Kong.
After the Storm
Adrian Ho reviews the latest anthology from the Hong Kong Writers Circle.
The Curious Thing
Paul Scott Stanfield reviews a compelling new collection of poetry.
Em
Miguel Antonio N. Lizada reviews Kim Thúy’s tangled, inspiring meditation on love.
Bewilderment
Amanda Hsu reads the latest novel by Richard Powers in the context of speculative realism.
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