• New books by Christopher (Kit) Kelen

    Two new books by Christopher (Kit) Kelen, To the Single Man’s Hut and China Years, will be launched in Macau on 18th December, 2010. Learn more about the launch here.  – – Christopher (Kit) Kelen’s poetry was published in issue #1 of…

  • ASM Prize for Creative Writing 2010

    ASM Prize for Creative Writing 2010 ASM (The Association of Stories in Macao) is pleased to announce its annual prize for Creative Writing. Entries will be accepted in the following areas: – short fiction (up to 5,000 words) – poetry (a suite…

  • ASM TO LAUNCH 13 NEW BOOKS ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 18

    Association of Stories in Macao 澳門故事協會 ASM TO LAUNCH 13 NEW BOOKS ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 ASM’s 2010 Booklaunch to be held at CCI (Creative Macau) Macau Cultural Centre 4.30 pm Saturday 18th December Guest of Honour The distinguished Hong…

  • What is the best kind of metaphor?

    James Wood (2008) answers: The kind of metaphor I most delight in […] estranges and then instantly connects, and in doing the latter so well, hides the former. The result is a tiny shock of surprise, followed by a feeling…

  • Lyn Lifshin in Negative Suck

    – Lyn Lifshin’s poem “Alive Like A Loaded Gun” is now published in Negative Suck. Read it here. – –– Lyn Lifshin’s poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha – –

  • Donna Pucciani in Orbis

    Donna Pucciani’s poem “Your Hand” is published in issue #153 of Orbit. Learn more about the new issue on the publication’s Facebook page.––Donna Pucciani’s poem “Lunar Eclipse” was published in issue #9 of Cha and discussed on A Cup of Fine Tea.––

  • Why are moths drawn to light?

    –Ian McEwan (2001) answers: [I]t was the visual impression of an even deeper darkness beyond the light that drew them in. Even though they might be eaten, they had to obey the instinct that made them seek out the darkest…

  • Nikesh Murali in The Editor’s Choice Contemporary Short Stories in Indian English

    – Nikesh Murali’s “The Prostitute” is reprinted in The Editor’s Choice Contemporary Short Stories in Indian English.  – – Nikesh Murali’s fiction was published in issue #8 of Cha. – –

  • The peaceful spread of Chinese food

    Outside lands contiguous with China, emigration has never been promoted by the Chinese state. The spread of Chinese cooking around the world has therefore been colonial but not imperial, carried by peaceful migrants in self-imposed “economic exile.” At least, this…

  • Concelebratory Shoehorn Review 47

    = Issue #47 of Concelebratory Shoehorn Review (editor: Maurice Oliver) now online. Read poetry by Russell Endo, Kelley White, L. Ward Abel, Forrest Hamer, Lee Upton, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Christine Hamm, and Cha contributor Arlene Ang. Also included in this issue is…