Invisible Nation & A Chip Odyssey: Reviews of two bestselling films in Taiwan

Plus, book club details

Dear all,

We’re really sorry about being absent for so long. To be completely honest, we’ve gone through a rough patch. Meanwhile, we've had ideas about what to write, but whenever we face the page, we’ve had major writer’s block. The news cycle has left us feeling powerless and confused, on the border of despair. What is there to say? We have no hot takes, no clear-eyed vision for the future. The starvation in Gaza, the masked men abducting immigrants in the United States, the innocents left to die in immigration prisons in Florida, El Salvador, the corruption, the dehumanization of immigrants, the cruelty of Big Powers…it’s all pretty unbearable, and we have to fight to remain open to hope rather being desensitized.

And of course, who are we to feel hopeless? People in less privileged positions than us continue to fight because they have no choice. Our own problems feel very minor. We’ve been feeling ashamed about not being in the U.S. to protest, canvas, and protect our undocumented …