@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: [email protected] | Originally from Hong Kong, I'm currently based in Paris.
@myetcetera.bsky.socialWe invite writers to review Jeffrey Weng's ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, forthcoming from StanfordUP in November 2026, for @asiancha.bsky.social. "The state-led creation and spread of China's national language is the largest instance of social engineering in human history."
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@ilariamariasala.bsky.socialReposted by @myetcetera.bsky.socialI wrote this essay for @asiancha.bsky.social about horses, and Lahore and Chandigarh, and Partition, and how unfathomable and painful separation is. I hope you will give it a read : chajournal.com/2026/10/10/h...
@3quarksdaily.bsky.socialReposted by @myetcetera.bsky.social3QD ORIGINAL
By Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (@myetcetera.bsky.social)
@myetcetera.bsky.social/ A fire "completely destroyed" Paris's historic Marchรฉ Couvert des Enfants Rouges overnight Monday, authorities said. The cause of the fire that swept through the capital's oldest covered food market remains unknown. /
@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐๐๐ | David M. Brown reviews Diana Hongcha's ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ท๐๐'๐ก ๐บ๐ (Amethyst Hill Publishing, 2025): "The novelโs sense of place is rendered with equal care. Hongchaโs China feels expansive rather than monolithic."
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@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social Diana Hongcha: "I was invited by the Tuesday Night Book Club of Zurich to talk about ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ท๐๐'๐ก ๐บ๐ (2025).For an indie author not above selling her books out of the trunk of her car, every opportunity to connect with readers was appreciated.
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@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ We're glad to present Greg Solomon's "Engagement". Greg on his story: "One of the things I enjoy about Hong Kong is the diversity of people who live, work (and love) side by side. This is the social embodiment of yin and yang."
๐ฅ๐๐๐: chajournal.com/2026/10/11/e...
@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | Marsha McDonald on ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ (Oxford University Press, 2024), trans. Lucas Klein. "There have been many English translations of Yu Xuanjiโs work. What does Kleinโs translation offer?"
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@kinyan.bsky.socialReposted by @myetcetera.bsky.socialCame across a call for submissions from @asiancha.bsky.social to an ongoing section on intersections of ๐ญ๐ฐHong Kong and ๐จ๐ฆCanada.
Details: chajournal.com/2026/09/25/w...
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@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐๐๐ William Carlo Antonio Sanchez on the horror anthology ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ (2010), featuring five stories dir. by Frasco Mortiz, Enrico Santos, Ato Bautista, Nick Olanka & Cathy Garcia-Sampana. He discusses each segmentโs strengths and shortcomings.
@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐๐ | John Adrianfer Atienza examines the evolving representations of Japan in American cinema before exploring how ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ก (2006), through its vivid portrayal of Tokyo, reflects American perceptions of the new Japan.
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@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐๐ | We're delighted to welcome Ilaria Maria Sala back after an absence of more than two years, with this poignant meditation tracing the intertwined histories of horses, art and Partition across Punjab.
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@myetcetera.bsky.socialReposted by @myetcetera.bsky.socialA story I co-wrote with the late Reid Mitchell, published in @asiancha.bsky.social and set in a Hong Kong tower block. The buildingโs walls are expensive and thin. Six neighbours share these walls. They exchange confessions, seductions and small cruelties.
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A Hong Kong Studies Virtual Symposium
21-22 January 2027 | Online
@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐๐ | In his illuminating review essay, Tyran Grillo draws out the argument in Andrea Mendozaโs ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ (DukeUP, 2026) that Japanese Pan-Asianism and Mexican ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐ promised inclusion while licensing domination.
๐ฅ๐๐๐: chajournal.com/2026/10/10/t...
@myetcetera.bsky.social[๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐] While we continue to welcome general submissions that fall within the remit and ethos ofโ @asiancha.bsky.social, we're especially keen to receive work related to Hong Kong. Additionally, we warmly welcome submissions from...
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@myetcetera.bsky.socialWe invite writers to review Akane Araki's ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, trans. Jesse Kirkwood, for @asiancha.bsky.social. "An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and the human race has just over 2 months to live." If interested, please email editors@asiancha.
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@myetcetera.bsky.socialWe invite writers to review Justin Loke's intriguing ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ (Delere Press, 2026) for @asiancha.bsky.social: "... these works transform the landscapes of Singapore and beyond into territories of history, memory, & private archaeology."
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@myetcetera.bsky.social๐๐๐ @asiancha.bsky.social ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ | We're glad to present Alexandre Sadeghi's story, "To Happy Valley": "The first time I remember visiting Hong Kong was in 2006. I stayed with my grandparents, HKers through and through, at their flat in the oddly named Happy Valley."
