• Sapling interviews Eddie Tay

    Eddie Tay, Reviews Editor of Cha, is interviewed by Sapling, a weekly newsletter about the world of independent publishing published by Black Lawrence Press. Each issue of Sapling is packed with useful information including a literary contest currently accepting submissions;…

  • On pleasures

    – John Guillory in “It Must Be Abstract” has the following to say about ‘pleasures’: Complex pleasures may be mixtures of pleasure and pain, but complex pleasures are only preferable to simple ones when it is complex pleasures that we…

  • The King’s Speech

    Last night, we went to watch The King’s Speech in the local cinema. The house was full, even for the ten-o’clock showing. I have liked Colin Firth since his charming turn as Darcy in Andrew Davies’s 1995 BBC adaptation of…

  • "I want to see the ocean."

    Reader, we didn’t go to Canterbury. We went to Brighton instead. There, we saw the ocean. The beach reminded us of some nicer Hong Kong beaches, where we went on occasion. The seagulls flew freely. The lovely chubby kids fell on the pebbles,…

  • "Light is knowledge, light is life, light is light."

    . … from the TV seriesNorthern Exposure: . Goethe’s final words: “More light.” Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that’s been our unifying cry, “More light.” Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlight. Neon, incandescent lights that banish the darkness from…

  • I’m curious – Are you "Roy"?

    UPDATE: READER, HE HAS BEEN FOUND. THANK YOU, ALL. – We have a new Fine Tea article up, which is an analysis of Jennifer Wong’s poem “Companions”. Someone called “Roy” left us a comment and I am curious. If you…

  • Jennifer Wong reviews The Surreal House

    – Read Jennifer Wong’s review of The Surreal House, now available on the Tate website. The book is edited by Jane Alison (Senior Curator of Barbican Art Gallery) and designed by Angus Hyland. It includes by Jane Alison, Mary Ann Caws,…

  • Writing Machine Collective 4th Edition Exhibition

    –From their website: The Writing Machine Collective 4th edition (Jan 14-30, 2011) promises to be a fresh and thrilling showcase of crème de la crème local media arts talents. 15 artists come together to offer us 12 unique works that…

  • "I want to be an artist who does not look away, who honors the messy real."

    – It’s a delight to read Daniel Bowman Jr.’s personal essay “Dancing in Fields of Wheat and Chaff” about The Glen Workshop, now up at Art House America. The essay ends with this beautiful image: I tried to dance. Awkward and…

  • Lyn Lifshin in amphibi.us

    Three poems by Lyn Lifshin, “Even if you’ve no interest in another”, “Old Boyfriends” and “The Way You Know” are now featured at amphibi.us. Read them here. –– Lyn Lifshin’s poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha – –