• Jee Leong Koh’s poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize

    Congratulations to Jee Leong Koh — his poem “Childhood Punishments” has been nominated by The Shit Creek Review for a Pushcart Prize. Read the poem here. ––Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.––

  • An interview with Melody Gee

    – An interview with Melody S. Gee by Kenny Tanemura is published in Sycamore Review.earlier this month (4th November, 2010) Read “Building the book & avoiding the unavoidable: An interview with Melody Gee” here. – – Melody S. Gee’s poem “Giving”…

  • You are erased

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  • District 9

    This post was originally written on 6th September, 2009. District 9 (official website: www.d-9.com) is about the problems posed by the unexpected arrival of an alien spaceship above Johannesburg, South Africa. When humans board the aliens’ hovering ship (which reminds…

  • Introducing "Writing the City"

    – Writing the City is a cultural and creative pace for students and alumni from the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong to publish their creative pieces including poetry, short fiction, pictures, photo essays and other…

  • "Let x equal the quantity or quantities of x"

    – Reading Eddie’s poem “Country” reminded me of the following from the film Proof (2005), adapted from David Auburn’s play (2001).   Let X equal the quantity or quantities of X. Let X equal the cold. It is cold in…

  • Nicholas Y.B. Wong wins Sentinel Literary Quarterly poetry prize

    Huge congratulations to Nicholas Y.B. Wong! His poem “Getting Married with Gertrude Stein” is awarded the first prize of Sentinel Literary Quarterly poetry competition (October, 2010), winning £150. Another poem, “Teaching English Poetry in Hong Kong” is chosen as a…

  • Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s poems nominated for Best of the Web 2011 Anthology

    Congratulations to Nicholas Y. B. Wong, whose poems have been nominated by two publications for inclusion Best of the Web Anthology (2011). – Nicholas’s poem “What I Think You Have Said” has been nominated by Eunoia Review. – – And this…

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer (Part I) — Cha contributors’ thoughts

    What a beautiful poster! Read Jonathan‘s and Todd‘s thoughts on the new HP instalment.––

  • Marc Vincenz’s Upholding Half the Sky

    – We are glad to announce that Cha contributor Marc Vincenz’s lastest poetry chapbook Upholding Half the Sky has just been released by GOSS 183 as part of the MiPOesias Chapbook series 2010. The chapbook is available in hard copy via MagCloud.…