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CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: First Impressions, Essays, En Route, Xi Xi—Can We Say, Write to Power, and Auditory Cortex

Header artwork by Annysa Ng 茶 First Impressionsclick for information 茶 Essays click for information 茶 En Routeclick for information 茶 XI XI—Can We Sayclick for information 茶 Write to Powerclick for information 茶 Auditory Cortexclick for information

[ESSAY] “Why Does a Guy from Cotabato Province Relate to 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠?” by Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles

Editor’s note: Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles’s essay traces a Filipino upbringing in conflict-marked Cotabato and its unlikely resonance with Derry Girls. Through memories of militarisation, prejudice, and youthful fear, it shows how humour bridges distant histories, revealing comedy as a…

Jan 19, 2026
[ESSAY] “I Write An Attempt Away From Identity Reductionism” by Anna Nguyen

Editor’s note: Anna Nguyen’s essay critiques the literary marketplace’s fixation on identity, arguing that it rewards legible, consumable narratives while punishing rigorous resistance. Drawing on Glissant, Jordan, and Davis, she challenges flattened intersectionality, positionality statements, and the colonial gaze masquerading…

Jan 19, 2026
[REVIEW] “Off-Kilter Worlds and Authoritarian Futures in Ysabelle Cheung’s 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝐷𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑠” by Jennifer Eagleton

茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Off-Kilter Worlds and Authoritarian Futures in Ysabelle Cheung’s Patchwork Dolls” by Jennifer Eagleton Ysabelle Cheung, Patchwork Dolls, Blair, 2026. 200 pgs. Ysabelle Cheung’s stories are clearly connected to contemporary society,…

Jan 18, 2026
{𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧} Call for Essays—2026

Cha welcomes submissions of original essays and translations for publication. We are interested in intellectually rigorous, well-crafted nonfiction that engages with literature, film, art and culture, as well as writing that reflects on living in Asia and on Asian experiences…

Jan 17, 2026
[ESSAY] “Filmic Silence and the Speaking Body in the Novel” by Thammika Songkaeo

茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Filmic Silence and the Speaking Body in the Novel” by Thammika Songkaeo Click HERE to read all entrieson Stamford Hospital. Eva Trobisch (director), All Good, 2018. 93 min. In 2020,…

Jan 17, 2026
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Circumnavigation Without Glory: Lav Diaz’s 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛 and the Violence of Discovery” by Oliver Farry

茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Circumnavigation Without Glory: Lav Diaz’s Magellan and the Violence of Discovery” by Oliver Farry Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Magellan. Lav Diaz (director), Magellan, 2025. 165 min. Lav Diaz’s Magellan…

Jan 17, 2026
[ESSAY] “What is an Orange? Reading Gillian Sze’s 𝐴𝑛 𝑂𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒, 𝐴 𝑆𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒” by Robert Black

茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “What is an Orange? Reading Gillian Sze’s An Orange, A Syllable” by Robert Black Gillian Sze, An Orange, A Syllable, ECW Press, 2025. 88 pgs. What Is an origin? A…

Jan 12, 2026
[ESSAY] “Geared Up for Pillion” by Hongwei Bao

茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Editor’s note: In Hongwei Bao’s new essay, Pillion (2025), directed by Harry Lighton and adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’s 2020 novella Box Hill, becomes a lens for exploring queer biker cinema, kink…

Jan 10, 2026
[ESSAY] “Debord at Union Square” by Matt Turner

Editor’s note: In Matt Turner’s essay, he recounts organising and leading a Tuesday-evening reading group in November 2025 at Accent Sisters, a Union Square gallery with a Chinese and feminist focus. The group, composed largely of Chinese participants and socially…

Jan 9, 2026
[ESSAY] “Autoethnography of a Hermit Crab” by Mark Alden Arcenal

Editor’s note: In “Autoethnography of a Hermit Crab”, Mark Alden Arcenal traces a childhood friendship shaped by monsoon seasons, coastal rituals, and shared literary dreams, gradually unfolding into a meditation on queerness, faith, illness, and loss. Through the recurring metaphor…

Jan 7, 2026

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