• Ching-In Chen on Wordslingers, 7th November 2010

    This Sunday (Nov. 7, 2010), Ching-In Chen will be a guest on the radio show, Wordslingers at 8-9pm CST with Ciara Miller. Frequency: 88.7 fm WLUW or listen live from the WLUW home page: http://wluw.org/ – – Ching-In Chen’s poetry…

  • Krapp’s Last Tape

    The inimitable Gambon plays Krapp It is my birthday tomorrow and therefore it is perhaps fitting that we went to watch Krapp’s Last Tape (full text), a work which portrays an ageing writer’s birthday. (Also read my brief review of Waiting…

  • The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Frost

  • Coincidence — Campion copies Hopper?

    This post was originally written on 1st September, 2010. Read a review of Bright Star here. Edward Hopper: “If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Bright Star “Morning Sun” –– 7 Responses “Coincidence?” →…

  • Asia Writes — Selected Poem for Nomination to Best of the Web2010

    Congratulations to Ching-In Chen, whose poem “Personal History” has been nominated by Asia Writes for inclusion in Best of the Web (2010).  – – Ching-In Chen’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha. Her book, The Heart’s Traffic, was reviewed in issue #8 of the journal. – –

  • Ocean Vuong’s Burnings

    This post was originally posted on 30th October, 2010. Ocean Vuong’s Burnings will be released on 15th November 2010. Ocean talks about his forthcoming 43-page chapbook in this blog post. Also watch Ocean’s promotional video of the book:   –…

  • Recycled Movie Costumes

    –Recycled Movie Costumes — “Have you ever watched a movie or a television show and seen a character walk by in a gown that you just know you’ve seen before?” Learn more here. I am particularly interested in their “Victorian…

  • BBCX365 Johnny Selman

    “I will design a poster a day for 365 days in reaction to a headline on the BBC news website and update this website everyday with the poster and the accompanying news story.” View the blog here. ––

  • Moctezuma

    This post was originally written on 8th November, 2009. On Saturday, we went to the British Museum to see the special exhibition “Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler”. The display is about Moctezuma, the last real leader of the Mexica Empire. Despite the title,…

  • Divya Rajan in Burnt Bridge

    Divya Rajan’s two poems “Collared shadows with a neat bow in the middle” and “Colors of the Deal” are published in Burnt Bridge. Read the poems here. – – Read Divya Rajan’s Cha profile here. – –