• 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. – –

  • So much depends upon a pretty heroine

    This post was originally written on 8th December, 2009. Illustrations by Laura Barrett Everyone knows the story of Snow White. A wicked stepmother,1 upon finding out from her magic mirror that her stepdaughter, Snow White (who is ‘as white as…

  • Kay Sexton’s Minding My Peas And Cucumbers

    Click the image to learn more about the book.  – Kay Sexton’s creative non-fiction was published in issue #2 of Cha. – –

  • Rumjhum Biswas in Asia Writes

    Three poems by Rumjhum Biswas, collectively titled “Sketches”, are now published on Asia Writes. The three poems are: “Pomegranate”, “Kingfisher” and “Outside the Gate”. Read them here. – – Rumjhum Biswas’s poem “Bones” was published in issue #12 of Cha.…

  • Poetry OutLoud poets and Cha contributors on the BBC World Service

    BBC World Service – The Strand Poets Zheng Danyi and Martin Alexander talk about “New Generation Poetry” and read Danyi’s poem “Dedication”, written in 1990. Also, a love poem from the Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo to his wife (“I Give Everything to You”) is…