Thanks to the urging of a number of friends, I now have a @bluesky account. Find me there?

Great to see this out in the world.

Although Taiwan is an island surrounded by the sea, the sound of waves is not usually what people think of when they picture it. Yet the ocean is ever present. We'd love to publish reviews of 𝑹𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒘𝒂𝒏 in @asiancha. Curious? https://t.co/gxVVNhKOo7

[𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄] Zalman S. Davis’s piece portrays Wong Bar Wine in Hanoi as a cinematic refuge inspired by Wong Kar-Wai. "The tribute to Wong Kar-Wai is unmistakable. [A] three-dimensional cinematic moment brought to life." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: https://t.co/5jmYmKgeta

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 𝐢𝐬? "The Beige Index is the Bechdel Test for race, exploring ethnic representation on the IMDb Top 250 Films. Hot takes and data viz by co-creators Siang Lu and Jonathan O'Brien." https://t.co/htGYm5BC88

Poems appearing in the 𝔸ℙ𝕆ℂ𝔸𝕃𝕐ℙ𝕊𝔼 special feature of Voice & Verse. The magazine is accepting submissions of unpublished poems & poems newly translated into English until 10 November 2025. Contributors will receive a copy of the magazine by post. https://t.co/UQtmOb03eg

𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Jennifer Eagleton reviews Hsiao-wen Cheng's 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐, & 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 (2021): "... a major contribution to Asian gender studies and to the development of the study of female sexuality in China." ⧉ https://t.co/6vrO7Gn3Wh

These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? @asiancha is seeking poems and translations for our ongoing series “Fight with Words, Write to Power” (in short, “Write to Power”). We welcome Asia-focused works. https://t.co/uYllOW3f7b

𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Serena De Marchi on Kaori Lai's 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒(@columbiaup 2025),trans. Sylvia Li-chun Lin & Howard Goldblatt:"Lai’s approach to narration, with her focus on ordinary people is essentially microhistorical. ⧉ https://t.co/YWwFmeHUrV

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦. We'd love to publish reviews of these books in @asiancha in 2026. If you are interested in reading any of these titles, please send an email to t@asiancha.com to discuss further. 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/DAbwTT8Tqm 。。。。。

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌@asiancha𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒—Paul French reviews Lauren Walden’s 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔ℎ𝑎𝑖 (Hong Kong University Press, 2024):"Lauren Walden has done modern Chinese art history a magnificent service." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: https://t.co/6e6SJX1v5I

𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Varsha Nair on Hisham Matar’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2016): "The kidnapping and subsequent disappearance of Matar’s father, Jaballa Matar, by the Qaddafi regime is the premise of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛." ⧉ https://t.co/yoQUgGeBxb

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦—Hana Kim on Lin Yi-Han’s 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑖-𝐶ℎ𝑖’𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒 (HarperVia), trans. Jenna Tang: "Working in a library, I often reflect on how stories such as Lin’s are preserved." ⧉

𝑽𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒏𝒂𝒎’𝒔 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔: 𝑫𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔, 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝗕𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗵 𝗧. 𝗡. 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 LINK: https://t.co/VsVdOHFOzE

𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑰𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚: 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝗕𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝘆𝗻𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘂 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 LINK: https://t.co/cx5NobFn83

𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝑽𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒏𝒂𝒎: 𝑨 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 1920–1945 𝗕𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴-𝗔𝗻𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻 LINK: https://t.co/lRjKkhHnoj

𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝑽𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒏𝒂𝒎 𝗕𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗘. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼 LINK: https://t.co/3sa7cB1f1J

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦. We'd love to publish reviews of these books in @asiancha in 2026. If you are interested in reading any of these titles, please send an email to t@asiancha.com to discuss further.

𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Serena De Marchi on Kaori Lai's 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 (@columbiaup.bsky.social, 2025), trans. Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt: "Lai’s approach to narration [...] is essentially microhistorical." ⧉ https://t.co/YWwFmeHUrV

𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦@asiancha—Rebecca Maine on 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠: 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 (Texas Tech University Press, 2024), translated by Quan Manh Ha & Quynh H. Vo: ⧉ https://t.co/uwNB5U6D15

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌@asiancha𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒—Richard Muñiz on 𝐺𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔, dir. Jopy Arnaldo: "Its premise revolves around Jamie Lazaro,hired as a translator for Japanese filmmaker Makoto Kanno’s film, which is premiering at a film festival in the Philippines." ⧉ https://t.co/XQKpKc7IuA