Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
@myetcetera.bsky.social
Academic, poet, translator, & editor of CHA, Voice & Verse, HK Studies, & The Shanghai Literary Review. Junior Fellow @ HK Academy of the Humanities. Resident @ IWP Fall 2023. Email: t@asiancha.com | Originally from Hong Kong, I'm currently based in Paris.
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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
@myetcetera.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Can you think of a Chinese text made entirely of existing materials to present a social or political critique? An example:
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒—Susan Blumberg-Kason writes about M Lin's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑚 (Graywolf Press), forthcoming later this year: "Memory is central to this longing for the past, and it often operates selectively."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/m...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/m...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒—Susan Blumberg-Kason writes about M Lin's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑚 (Graywolf Press), forthcoming later this year: "Memory is central to this longing for the past, and it often operates selectively."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/m...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/m...
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[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] “𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐡𝐧’𝐬 𝑩𝒆𝒅𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌” 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡: "It is inevitable that 𝐵𝑒𝑑𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘, written and directed by Stephanie Ahn, will be placed in conversation with 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠. In truth, it benefits from the comparison."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/b...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/b...
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] “𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐡𝐧’𝐬 𝑩𝒆𝒅𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌” 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡: "It is inevitable that 𝐵𝑒𝑑𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘, written and directed by Stephanie Ahn, will be placed in conversation with 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠. In truth, it benefits from the comparison."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/b...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/12/b...
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐚𝐨’𝐬 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: "... the real-life Rock Springs Massacre of 1885 remains a scarcely acknowledged atrocity. The massacre, which followed the Chinese Exclusion Act, was a brutal assault on Chinese miners..."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/r...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/r...
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐚𝐨’𝐬 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: "... the real-life Rock Springs Massacre of 1885 remains a scarcely acknowledged atrocity. The massacre, which followed the Chinese Exclusion Act, was a brutal assault on Chinese miners..."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/r...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/r...
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Pál Dániel Levente, a guest of honour at the 2026 Brahmaputra Literature Festival, proposes a poetics of butterflies, stones, and blades. The five poems move within that range. "I hold a clear conviction"
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/b...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/b...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Pál Dániel Levente, a guest of honour at the 2026 Brahmaputra Literature Festival, proposes a poetics of butterflies, stones, and blades. The five poems move within that range. "I hold a clear conviction"
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/b...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/11/b...
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Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
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/ some for my mother, some for me
including 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒̈.
This is my favourite author.
Also my main fear, which I mean to confront.
Whenever I visit my mother
I feel I am turning into Emily Brontë, /
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
/ some for my mother, some for me
including 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒̈.
This is my favourite author.
Also my main fear, which I mean to confront.
Whenever I visit my mother
I feel I am turning into Emily Brontë, /
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
February 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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/ some for my mother, some for me
including 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒̈.
This is my favourite author.
Also my main fear, which I mean to confront.
Whenever I visit my mother
I feel I am turning into Emily Brontë, /
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
/ some for my mother, some for me
including 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑂𝑓 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒̈.
This is my favourite author.
Also my main fear, which I mean to confront.
Whenever I visit my mother
I feel I am turning into Emily Brontë, /
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
'Verhalen als een liefdesbrief aan de jongere generaties in #Hongkong en hun doorgaande zoektocht naar iets waar ze aan verbonden kunnen zijn in een stad die altijd in beweging lijkt, altijd blijft veranderen.' Mooie bespreking van "Everyday Movement" van Gigi Leung (vert Jennifer Feeley).
February 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
'Verhalen als een liefdesbrief aan de jongere generaties in #Hongkong en hun doorgaande zoektocht naar iets waar ze aan verbonden kunnen zijn in een stad die altijd in beweging lijkt, altijd blijft veranderen.' Mooie bespreking van "Everyday Movement" van Gigi Leung (vert Jennifer Feeley).
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social—Jonathan Chan reads 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑁𝑜 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (Wendy's Subway, 2024), eds. Juwon Jun & Rachel Valinsky, as a collective meditation on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, attending closely to individual essays, poems, & artworks.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/s...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/s...
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social—Jonathan Chan reads 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑁𝑜 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (Wendy's Subway, 2024), eds. Juwon Jun & Rachel Valinsky, as a collective meditation on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, attending closely to individual essays, poems, & artworks.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/s...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/s...
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Gutierrez Mangansakan II recounts acting on a film by Lav Diaz to examine how Mindanao shapes Diaz’s cinema. "Mindanao is the Philippines’ most persistently colonised and militarised region,. where violence is cyclical & unresolved."
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 AM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Gutierrez Mangansakan II recounts acting on a film by Lav Diaz to examine how Mindanao shapes Diaz’s cinema. "Mindanao is the Philippines’ most persistently colonised and militarised region,. where violence is cyclical & unresolved."
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Todd Foley reviews Sheng Keyi's 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑛 (Penguin, 2012), trans. Shelly Bryant: "Xiaohong, the protagonist, exhibits an élan vital that compellingly drives her quest for personal growth and happiness."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/g...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/g...
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Todd Foley reviews Sheng Keyi's 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑛 (Penguin, 2012), trans. Shelly Bryant: "Xiaohong, the protagonist, exhibits an élan vital that compellingly drives her quest for personal growth and happiness."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/g...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/g...
My second favourite "Budapest" film is PLASTIC WHITE SKY. Have yous seen it? What's your gut reaction to it?
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
My second favourite "Budapest" film is PLASTIC WHITE SKY. Have yous seen it? What's your gut reaction to it?
Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟓
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Our resident film critic Nirris Nagendrarajah reviews Kogonada’s 𝑧𝑖 (2025), a Hong Kong-set meditation on mortality and memory.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟓
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Our resident film critic Nirris Nagendrarajah reviews Kogonada’s 𝑧𝑖 (2025), a Hong Kong-set meditation on mortality and memory.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
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February 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟓
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Our resident film critic Nirris Nagendrarajah reviews Kogonada’s 𝑧𝑖 (2025), a Hong Kong-set meditation on mortality and memory.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟓
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Our resident film critic Nirris Nagendrarajah reviews Kogonada’s 𝑧𝑖 (2025), a Hong Kong-set meditation on mortality and memory.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
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Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis reads Thơ Mới poetry as a space where male intimacy could appear through ambiguity and restraint.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis reads Thơ Mới poetry as a space where male intimacy could appear through ambiguity and restraint.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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February 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis reads Thơ Mới poetry as a space where male intimacy could appear through ambiguity and restraint.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis reads Thơ Mới poetry as a space where male intimacy could appear through ambiguity and restraint.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
I keep coming back to this. I asked my son about the Pokemon hat: it's Marill, a water mouse. He described Marill fans as "sweet people who like cute things." This is the kind of hat you buy your kid if it's cold out and you want dressing up for school to feel happy and fun.
A 5-year-old preschool student was taken with his father by federal immigration agents shortly after arriving home from school, Columbia Heights school leaders said Jan. 21.
Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I keep coming back to this. I asked my son about the Pokemon hat: it's Marill, a water mouse. He described Marill fans as "sweet people who like cute things." This is the kind of hat you buy your kid if it's cold out and you want dressing up for school to feel happy and fun.
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s essay, growing trees in red-clay pots becomes a metaphor for exile, love, & impermanence. He reflects on denied inheritance & chosen distance, arguing that care, memory, & grief are ways of living meaningfully.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
February 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s essay, growing trees in red-clay pots becomes a metaphor for exile, love, & impermanence. He reflects on denied inheritance & chosen distance, arguing that care, memory, & grief are ways of living meaningfully.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒—Rebekah Chan writes about Grace Loh Prasad's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟’𝑠 𝐷𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟: "Prasad leaves her country of birth for America with her family in the early 1970s, fearing persecution under the Kuomintang dictatorship."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/t...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/t...
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒—Rebekah Chan writes about Grace Loh Prasad's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟’𝑠 𝐷𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟: "Prasad leaves her country of birth for America with her family in the early 1970s, fearing persecution under the Kuomintang dictatorship."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/t...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/t...
Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
This is happening tomorrow!
𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊-𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐟𝐚𝐫
Date & Time: GMT 5.00-6.30pm (UK time), Saturday 7 Feb 2026
Venue: Online on zoom
Free event; registration required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Moderated by Michael Tsang
⧉ 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: www.hkcal.org
𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊-𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐟𝐚𝐫
Date & Time: GMT 5.00-6.30pm (UK time), Saturday 7 Feb 2026
Venue: Online on zoom
Free event; registration required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Moderated by Michael Tsang
⧉ 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: www.hkcal.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is happening tomorrow!
𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊-𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐟𝐚𝐫
Date & Time: GMT 5.00-6.30pm (UK time), Saturday 7 Feb 2026
Venue: Online on zoom
Free event; registration required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Moderated by Michael Tsang
⧉ 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: www.hkcal.org
𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊-𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐟𝐚𝐫
Date & Time: GMT 5.00-6.30pm (UK time), Saturday 7 Feb 2026
Venue: Online on zoom
Free event; registration required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Moderated by Michael Tsang
⧉ 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: www.hkcal.org
Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
My talk on “Writing Poetry in the Age of AI” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong!
February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My talk on “Writing Poetry in the Age of AI” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong!
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Cuilin Sang reviews Sheng Keyi's 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑛 (Penguin, 2012), trans. Shelly Bryant: "𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 is less designed than “eruptive,” to use her own word, and thus adopts a curiously energetic, untamed shape."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/05/n...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/05/n...
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 AM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Cuilin Sang reviews Sheng Keyi's 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑛 (Penguin, 2012), trans. Shelly Bryant: "𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 is less designed than “eruptive,” to use her own word, and thus adopts a curiously energetic, untamed shape."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/05/n...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/05/n...
Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
Tickets for all events for HKIlF 2026 on sale now including Amitav Ghosh, Hu Anyan, Hernan Diaz, Emma Pei Yin, Lawrence Osborne, Bonnie Tsui& man more. I’ll be talking with John le Carre’s biographer Adam Sisman on
Fri, Mar 6 at the Fringe Club.
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Fri, Mar 6 at the Fringe Club.
www.eventbrite.com/cc/hong-kong...
Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2026
Inspiring Generations: 25 Years of the HKILF 1 - 8 March, 2026. Stay tuned!
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February 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Tickets for all events for HKIlF 2026 on sale now including Amitav Ghosh, Hu Anyan, Hernan Diaz, Emma Pei Yin, Lawrence Osborne, Bonnie Tsui& man more. I’ll be talking with John le Carre’s biographer Adam Sisman on
Fri, Mar 6 at the Fringe Club.
www.eventbrite.com/cc/hong-kong...
Fri, Mar 6 at the Fringe Club.
www.eventbrite.com/cc/hong-kong...
Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social—Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles considers the films 𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ & 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ in relation to his father & the Filipino dish kinilaw, using cinema as a lens for memory & grief."The legend he once passed on to me took place long before I was born."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social—Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles considers the films 𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ & 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ in relation to his father & the Filipino dish kinilaw, using cinema as a lens for memory & grief."The legend he once passed on to me took place long before I was born."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Nirris Nagendrarajah: "Zi repeatedly flees moments of perceived exclusion, running from former flames only to find herself crying alone in crowds,her private devastation framed by public spectacle.A fireworks display casts her grief in sublime light."
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
February 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Nirris Nagendrarajah: "Zi repeatedly flees moments of perceived exclusion, running from former flames only to find herself crying alone in crowds,her private devastation framed by public spectacle.A fireworks display casts her grief in sublime light."
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
Reposted by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Jyotirmoy Sil on Koushik Goswami’s 𝑅𝑒𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑡: 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (Routledge 2023): "In recent decades, Chinese control over the region, which has rendered a large number of Tibetan nationalists homeless, ..."
⧉ chajournal.com/2025/12/29/r...
⧉ chajournal.com/2025/12/29/r...
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Jyotirmoy Sil on Koushik Goswami’s 𝑅𝑒𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑡: 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (Routledge 2023): "In recent decades, Chinese control over the region, which has rendered a large number of Tibetan nationalists homeless, ..."
⧉ chajournal.com/2025/12/29/r...
⧉ chajournal.com/2025/12/29/r...
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Our resident film critic Nirris Nagendrarajah reviews Kogonada’s 𝑧𝑖 (2025), a Hong Kong-set meditation on mortality & memory, in which cinematic homages & Zi’s emotional odyssey reveal grief’s disorientation & the tentative solace of connection.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] Our resident film critic Nirris Nagendrarajah reviews Kogonada’s 𝑧𝑖 (2025), a Hong Kong-set meditation on mortality & memory, in which cinematic homages & Zi’s emotional odyssey reveal grief’s disorientation & the tentative solace of connection.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/zi/
Susan Barker has been named one of the Writers-in-Residence at this year's International Writers’ Workshop programme. Kevin McGeary's on her 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙: "Barker mentioned that her sense of the afterlife was profoundly shaped by her Malaysian-Chinese heritage."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/03/03/s...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/03/03/s...
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Susan Barker has been named one of the Writers-in-Residence at this year's International Writers’ Workshop programme. Kevin McGeary's on her 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙: "Barker mentioned that her sense of the afterlife was profoundly shaped by her Malaysian-Chinese heritage."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/03/03/s...
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/03/03/s...