• Labels for all word lovers

    Or how I categorise the Cha submissions…..  Or how I categorise people….. – – – –––

  • A subversive Chinese connection

    [click image to enlarge] John Everett Millais’s Esther (1865) | Handmade oil painting The story might be that of a Jewish queen from the Old Testament, but it is the swathe of yellow silk that immediately strikes the viewers. Millais is…

  • Tai Dong Huai in Birds Singing in Englishes

    – Tai Dong Huai’s short story, “New Babies”, first published in Issue #5 of Cha, is now translated into Japanese in Birds Singing in English. Both versions are available here. The story was discussed by Cha’s consulting editor Reid Mitchell…

  • "broken jars / That once held wine or perfume"

    And the word ‘love’ makes no sense, this history is almostRipe for the mind’s museum — broken jarsThat once held wine or perfume.Yet looking at their elegance on the standsI feel a certain pride that only lately(And yet so long ago) I…

  • Cha’s co-editor Tammy Ho in King’s College London’s In Touch

    Cha’s co-editor Tammy Ho is featured in the Spring 2011 issue of King’s College London’s In Touch (p. 42).   – –

  • Nicholas Y.B. Wong in ZAUM Literary Magazine

    – Two poems by Nicholas Y.B. Wong, “Aqua” and “Floating Gaumet”, are now published in ZAUM. – See Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s Cha profile. ––

  • Jee Leong Koh, Lyn Lifshin and Nicholas Y.B. Wong in Pirene’s Fountain

    – Cha contributors Jee Leong Koh, Lyn Lifshin and Nicholas Y.B. Wong have new works published in the April 2011 issue of Pirene’s Fountain: A Journal of Poetry. Read Jee Leong’s “Sons and Daughters” and “Five Poems”; Lyn’s “Montmartre” and…

  • Poet in Profile – Gillian Sze

    – Read an interview with Gillian Sze on Open Book Toronto here. The interview is part of the Open Book’s daily profiles series in celebration of National Poetry Month. – Read Gillian Sze’s Cha profile. –

  • W. F. Lantry in Stymie Magazine

    – W.F. Lantry’s poem “Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart”, is now published in the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Stymie Magazine. Click the image above to go to view the issue. Bill’s poem is on p.…

  • Bob Bradshaw in Eclectica Magazine

    = Bob Bradshaw’s new poem “Cutting Down the Backyard Tress” is now published in the April/May 2011 issue of Eclectica Magazine. Read the poem here. Read Bob Bradshaw’s Cha profile.–