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An Unyielding Relic: The Confucian Revival as Shown in Gu Mu’s Autobiography
As a technocrat and one of the main architects of China's economic miracle, Gu made Confucianism an essential part of China's politics.
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Oct 22, 20229 min read
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Interview with David Ebenbach
In this interview, Tony Huang and David Ebenbach talk about the latter's new book of poetry and the things they both hold dear.
hkreditor
Oct 13, 202225 min read
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A Review of Bruce Meyer's Toast Soldiers
Inside every writer, there is a child screaming to be heard as innocence slips through her/his blood-stained fingers.
hkreditor
Jul 6, 20225 min read
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Arias of Consolation: An Interview with John Liddy
In this interview, John talks about the coming into being of his new book of poetry, Arias of Consolation.
hkreditor
Jun 10, 202220 min read
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A Review of Jhilam Chattaraj's Collection of Poems "Noise Cancellation"
In present times, where “the new normal” is changing drastically, the poems are a welcoming read.
Editor
Nov 10, 20214 min read
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A Review of Shin Yu Pai's Collection of Poems Virga
It is a comforting, meditative and spiritual book that offers some semblance of solace in these harrowing times.
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Nov 5, 20213 min read
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Staring Outwards in All the Directions: A Review on Michelle Cahill’s Poetry Collection Vishvarupa
Cahill’s rendition of Vishvarupa not only looks out into the world, but ambits, and from that sojourn creates something unlimited...
Editor
Oct 4, 20215 min read
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A Review of Sanjeev Sethi’s Hesitancies
Sethi shows us the uses of poetry; He also moulds his craft to articulate the wise, rare yet universal verities of life.
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Sep 27, 20213 min read
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Lonely Ghosts: Absence as Somethingness in the Works of Viet Thanh Nguyen
To see oneself only as a victim simplifies power and excuses the victim from the obligations of ethical behavior in politics, warfare...
Editor
Sep 23, 202117 min read
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An Interview with Isabel Allende
Stories are like seeds. I carry them in my belly and some start to grow inside until I absolutely have to let them out.
Editor
Sep 17, 20215 min read
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The Practice of Writing Narrative History: An Interview with Matthew Goodman
With narrative history you’re telling a true story, same as with any other kind of history.
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Sep 8, 20218 min read
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Blurring the Line between Fiction and Reality: On Andrew Palmer’s The Bachelor
You’re willing to go with Palmer’s narrator on his existential quest, and entertain his lofty meta-critiques on contemporary culture.
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Aug 21, 20216 min read
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The English Professor Who Linked Literature to World Politics
Brennan is convincing in his rendering of a self-critical intellectual who opened the world’s mind to the impact of language and art.
Editor
Jul 4, 20215 min read
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Spinning: An Interview with Meg Pokrass
In this interview, Meg and Tony talk about the evolution of flash, micro, the craft of fiction, and Meg's new collection, Spinning to Mars.
Editor
Jun 16, 202113 min read
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Prologue to Someone's Always Watching You
It must be said from the outset that Mac Aogáin’s writing is beyond classification.
Editor
Jun 6, 20215 min read
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Oh, Yes it Will
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America brings us to now, the intersectionality of the historical and present.
Editor
May 8, 20216 min read
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Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks
Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks
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May 5, 20215 min read
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A Guide and an Almanac
by John Liddy Kieran Beville opens his book with the appropriate chapter heading, “Making a Start,” and some advice from Stephen King:...
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Apr 4, 20216 min read
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SO WILL THE SCRIBES
by Nicolas D. Sampson Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann, translated by David Luke (Bantam Classics, 1988) ‘But I counsel...
Editor
Mar 29, 202110 min read
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EZRA POUND AND DESMOND O’ GRADY
by John Liddy Much has been written by eminent critics on Ezra Pound’s relationship with William Butler Yeats, James Joyce and Samuel...
Nina (Xinqi) Zhang
Mar 23, 20218 min read
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