• Luisa A. Igloria’s poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize

    Congratulations to Luisa A. Igloria whose poem “Paradise” has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Asia Writes. Learn more about AW‘s nominations here. – – Luisa A. Igloria’s poetry was published in issue #2 and issue #8 of Cha. – –

  • What is the food that unites us with all our ancestors?

    Felipe Fernandez-Armesto answers: For almost uniquely, in the repertoire of modern Western cuisine, the oyster is eaten uncooked and unkilled. It is the nearest thing we have to “natural” food—the only dish which deserves to be called “au naturel” without…

  • Greg Santos joins Upstairs at Duroc

    – Greg Santos has joined the editorial team of the Paris-based Upstairs at Duroc and the publication is now calling for submissions for its thirteenth issue. Visit Greg’s blog to learn more how to submit works.  – Greg Santos’s poetry was…

  • Montaigne

    Who doesn’t like Montaigne (1533-1592), the very man who invented the essay genre? His writings are fun, wise, philosophical, sometimes provocative. He says these things: “If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they…

  • You always hurt the one you love

    –Loved The Mills Brothers’ version of “You Always Hurt the One You Love”. See Jonathan’s post about the film here. –

  • Nicholas Y. B. Wong in Diverse Voices Quarterly

    – Nicholas Y. B. Wong’s “The Head” (p. 49) is now published in Diverse Voices Quarterly. You can download the phf of the issue here. – – Read Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s Cha profile. – –

  • A conversation heard

    A CONVERSATION HEARD in October 2007. YANG: He said something about lusting after. BURDETTE: Lusting over. Lusting after is more the nostalgia of bad sex. Nostalgia for bad sex. YANG: Do you think he knew? That I would hear? That…

  • sleep furiously

    –The Welsh documentary sleep furiously1 by Gideon Koppel records a year of life in Trefeurig, a small farming community in Wales. The film does not have an obvious structure or narrative. But in its formless way, it documents the slow…

  • Solidarity in Literature without Borders: 2010 Philippine PEN Congress

    Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) presents Solidarity in Literature without Borders: 2010 Philippine PEN Congress December 4-5, 2010 Celebrity Ballroom, Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines The programme is here [PDF]. – –

  • Cha contributors at Hyderabad Literary Festival 2010

    Cha contributors Rumjhum Biswas, Anindita Sengupta and Sridala Swami will be appearing at the Hyderabad Literary Festival 2010, a 3-day multi-lingual event to be held in Hyderabad on Dec 10-12, 2010. Learn more about the festival here.  – – Rumjhum Biswas’s…