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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐂𝐡𝐚: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐂𝐡𝐚: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Aastha Uprety’s essay reads Jia Zhangke's 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 and Razan AlSalah's 𝐴 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤 as twin elegies of engineered upheaval, where dams and pipelines reorder earth and memory.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/15/d...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/15/d...
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February 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Aastha Uprety’s essay reads Jia Zhangke's 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 and Razan AlSalah's 𝐴 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤 as twin elegies of engineered upheaval, where dams and pipelines reorder earth and memory.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/15/d...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/15/d...
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𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In this reflective essay, Gutierrez Mangansakan II recounts acting on a film by Lav Diaz to examine how Mindanao shapes Diaz’s cinema.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In this reflective essay, Gutierrez Mangansakan II recounts acting on a film by Lav Diaz to examine how Mindanao shapes Diaz’s cinema.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In this reflective essay, Gutierrez Mangansakan II recounts acting on a film by Lav Diaz to examine how Mindanao shapes Diaz’s cinema.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟏
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In this reflective essay, Gutierrez Mangansakan II recounts acting on a film by Lav Diaz to examine how Mindanao shapes Diaz’s cinema.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/09/l...
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𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Anna Nguyen’s essay “A Dead Language” turns on an offhand slight, “No one speaks Vietnamese,” and worries it into grief, form, and theory. The poem of the same title makes loss speak.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Anna Nguyen’s essay “A Dead Language” turns on an offhand slight, “No one speaks Vietnamese,” and worries it into grief, form, and theory. The poem of the same title makes loss speak.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Anna Nguyen’s essay “A Dead Language” turns on an offhand slight, “No one speaks Vietnamese,” and worries it into grief, form, and theory. The poem of the same title makes loss speak.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Anna Nguyen’s essay “A Dead Language” turns on an offhand slight, “No one speaks Vietnamese,” and worries it into grief, form, and theory. The poem of the same title makes loss speak.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s essay, growing trees in red-clay pots becomes a metaphor for exile, love, and impermanence.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s essay, growing trees in red-clay pots becomes a metaphor for exile, love, and impermanence.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s essay, growing trees in red-clay pots becomes a metaphor for exile, love, and impermanence.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—In Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s essay, growing trees in red-clay pots becomes a metaphor for exile, love, and impermanence.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/07/c...
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𝟔 -𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis places Xuân Diệu and Huy Cận within Vietnamese literary history shaped by Confucian ethics, French colonial modernity, and revolutionary discipline.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis places Xuân Diệu and Huy Cận within Vietnamese literary history shaped by Confucian ethics, French colonial modernity, and revolutionary discipline.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
𝟔 -𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis places Xuân Diệu and Huy Cận within Vietnamese literary history shaped by Confucian ethics, French colonial modernity, and revolutionary discipline.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Zalman S. Davis places Xuân Diệu and Huy Cận within Vietnamese literary history shaped by Confucian ethics, French colonial modernity, and revolutionary discipline.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/03/v...
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𝟔 - 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟓
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—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...
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—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...
February 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
𝟔 - 𝟏𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟓
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—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...
𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—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...
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Fathima M on Premchand's 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎 (Sahitya Akademi, 2023), trans. Haris Qadeer & Sami Rafiq: "This social play was not only relevant to its own time, but is perhaps even more pertinent today."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/14/k...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/14/k...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Fathima M on Premchand's 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎 (Sahitya Akademi, 2023), trans. Haris Qadeer & Sami Rafiq: "This social play was not only relevant to its own time, but is perhaps even more pertinent today."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/14/k...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/14/k...
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Anna Nguyen turns on an offhand slight, “No one speaks Vietnamese,” & worries it into grief, form, & theory. Between a father’s aphasic silence & a mother’s nightly monologues, Vietnamese persists. Also featuring a poem.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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February 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Anna Nguyen turns on an offhand slight, “No one speaks Vietnamese,” & worries it into grief, form, & theory. Between a father’s aphasic silence & a mother’s nightly monologues, Vietnamese persists. Also featuring a poem.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] “𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚 𝐖𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲𝐤𝐚’𝐬 𝑯𝒂-𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒚!: 𝐀 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝, 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡” 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡: "Soon after her husband Luis dies of a heart attack, Haru begins seeing an oversized, cutesy black bird."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/b...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/b...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] “𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚 𝐖𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲𝐤𝐚’𝐬 𝑯𝒂-𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒚!: 𝐀 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝, 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡” 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡: "Soon after her husband Luis dies of a heart attack, Haru begins seeing an oversized, cutesy black bird."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/b...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/b...
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[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] “𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏̃𝒂𝒏𝒂: 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞” 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡: "As in the short, one strand of the narrative follows Isabel, played by Jorrybell Agoto, across an ominous, sweltering day."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/r...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/r...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] “𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏̃𝒂𝒏𝒂: 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞” 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐡: "As in the short, one strand of the narrative follows Isabel, played by Jorrybell Agoto, across an ominous, sweltering day."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/r...
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⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/r...
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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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/ 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/...
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 7:19 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...
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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𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles considers the films 𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ and 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ in relation to his father and the Filipino seafood dish kinilaw.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles considers the films 𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ and 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ in relation to his father and the Filipino seafood dish kinilaw.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles considers the films 𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ and 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ in relation to his father and the Filipino seafood dish kinilaw.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟐
@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles considers the films 𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ and 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ in relation to his father and the Filipino seafood dish kinilaw.
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/04/f...
𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔]
Makoto Nagahisa: "I want to be there for them and, if possible, ease their worries through my films (though that is extremely difficult). I want to make films for teenagers forever from now on."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/01/30/b...
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔]
Makoto Nagahisa: "I want to be there for them and, if possible, ease their worries through my films (though that is extremely difficult). I want to make films for teenagers forever from now on."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/01/30/b...
February 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔]
Makoto Nagahisa: "I want to be there for them and, if possible, ease their worries through my films (though that is extremely difficult). I want to make films for teenagers forever from now on."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/01/30/b...
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟑
[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔]
Makoto Nagahisa: "I want to be there for them and, if possible, ease their worries through my films (though that is extremely difficult). I want to make films for teenagers forever from now on."
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/01/30/b...
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
@asiancha.bsky.social—Hongwei Bao reviews 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 不可能女孩 (2025), dir. Lilly Hu: "In neoliberal China, working-class queer lives are rendered precarious and undesirable; they are fated to end."
⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/i...
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
@asiancha.bsky.social—Hongwei Bao reviews 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 不可能女孩 (2025), dir. Lilly Hu: "In neoliberal China, working-class queer lives are rendered precarious and undesirable; they are fated to end."
⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/i...
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
@asiancha.bsky.social—Hongwei Bao reviews 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 不可能女孩 (2025), dir. Lilly Hu: "In neoliberal China, working-class queer lives are rendered precarious and undesirable; they are fated to end."
⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/i...
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 # 𝟒
@asiancha.bsky.social—Hongwei Bao reviews 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 不可能女孩 (2025), dir. Lilly Hu: "In neoliberal China, working-class queer lives are rendered precarious and undesirable; they are fated to end."
⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/i...
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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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 7:29 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...