Asian Archives - Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books

Asian LGBTQIA+Poetry

Dear Alter
by Jiaqiao Liu

A 'charged and electric' book that asks what it means to be human in a cyber age.

Joanna ChoOctober 10, 2025

Asian Poetry

Mad Diva
by Cadence Chung

An 'ode to poetry', music and desire.

Joanna ChoJune 17, 2025

Asian Poetry

Clay Eaters
by Gregory Kan

A 'beautiful, clever and tender book' that maps the 'geographies of memories'.

Joanna ChoMay 22, 2025

Asian Māori Poetry

Tidelines
by Kiri Piahana-Wong

'Even in the darkest moments, there is curiosity and hope': a collection about 'the flood and ebb' of grief.

Joanna ChoMay 29, 2024

Asian Poetry

When I Reach for Your Pulse
by Rushi Vyas

A poetry collection that navigates 'the impossibility of holding onto what has gone'.

Sophie van WaardenbergSeptember 29, 2023

Asian LGBTQIA+Poetry

Super Model Minority by Chris Tse

Reviewed by Sophie van Waardenberg

Sophie van WaardenbergApril 20, 2022

Asian Poetry

Magnolia 木蘭 by Nina Mingya Powles

Reviewed by Saradha Koirala

Saradha KoiralaApril 16, 2021

Asian

Dear Alter
by Jiaqiao Liu

Mad Diva
by Cadence Chung

Clay Eaters
by Gregory Kan

Tidelines
by Kiri Piahana-Wong

When I Reach for Your Pulse
by Rushi Vyas

Super Model Minority by Chris Tse

Magnolia 木蘭 by Nina Mingya Powles

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Asian

Dear Alter by Jiaqiao Liu

Mad Diva by Cadence Chung

Clay Eaters by Gregory Kan

Tidelines by Kiri Piahana-Wong

When I Reach for Your Pulse by Rushi Vyas

Super Model Minority by Chris Tse

Magnolia 木蘭 by Nina Mingya Powles

Dear Alter
by Jiaqiao Liu

Mad Diva
by Cadence Chung

Clay Eaters
by Gregory Kan

Tidelines
by Kiri Piahana-Wong

When I Reach for Your Pulse
by Rushi Vyas