• In mourning

    ––– – –––– Cha mourns the Hong Kong people who were killed in Manila. Requiescat in pace. 本來無一物,何處惹塵埃. 但人總是血肉之軀. 願死者早日安息, 家人們能勇敢面對將來. – — – – –

  • Meet Mary Lee

    Cha is a big fan of Mary Lee. We have previously published her photography three times: “Tibet” in Issue 1, “Teipei” in Issue 2 and “Japan” in Issue 4. Recently, Mary directed an important and meaningful Hong Kong photobook project…

  • Mani Rao in The Brown Critique

    Five new poems by Mani Rao, “Brahma’s Moment”, “Monkey Puzzle”, “Shiva’s Digs”, “Panchali” and “For Pootana’s Sake”, are published in the July 2010 issue of The Brown Critique. Read them here. – – Mani Rao’s poetry was published in issue…

  • Meet Helle Annette Slutz

    Helle Annette Slutz’s poem “Another City Which You Leave” was the first poem accepted for publication in the September 2010 issue of Cha. It begins with a quote from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities: For those who pass it without entering,…

  • CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — "THE CHINA ISSUE"

    [Read the English version here or download the call PDF here.] THE CHINA ISSUE招稿啟事 《茶：亞洲文學季刊》（www.asiancha.com）將於2011年6月出版特刊「The China Issue」，專門收錄來自或有關當代中國的詩歌、虛構文學、創意記實文學、學術著作及視覺藝術作品，探討塑造中國的各種社會、政治及文化力量，現誠邀海內外人士投稿。閣下如對當今中國有任何有趣、獨到或新穎的意見，我們均無任歡迎。請注意，作品語言以英文為限。 今期，本刊有幸請得著名中國學者及詩人麥芒（黃亦兵）擔任特邀編輯。麥芒對中國文學涉獵廣博，將會以其敏銳的鑑賞眼光，協助我們篩選作品。麥芒的履歷見下文。 特刊同時設有書評一節，專門評論以中國為題材的書籍。閣下近期如有新作，並希望在The China Issue刊登書評的話，歡迎聯絡本刊編輯Eddie Tay，電郵地址為eddie@asiancha.com。有關書籍須於2011年3月底前寄至本刊。 有意投稿此期特刊者，請於2011年4月15日或之前將作品電郵至submissions@asiancha.com。電郵標題請註明「The China Issue」，否則稿件將作常刊投稿處理。有關稿件的規定，請參閱 http://ww.asiancha.com/guidelines。 – *** 麥芒（黃亦兵），湖南常德人，並繼承了母親身上祖傳的湘西土家族血液。麥芒擁有北京大學中國文學學士、碩士和博士學位。1993年移居美國，並擁有美國加州大學洛杉磯分校比較文學博士學位。早在20世紀80年代，麥芒即是聞名于北大校內外的當代詩人，移居海外之後，繼續用中文和英文雙語創作，翻譯和朗誦。他自稱爲一個盲目主義者，著有中英文雙語詩集《石龜》（2005年）和中文詩集《接近盲目》（2005年）。另外，麥芒的最新英文學術專著是《當代中國文學：從文化大革命到未來》Contemporary Chinese Literature: From the Cultural Revolution to the Future（New York: Palgrave…

  • Lyn Lifshin in nthWORD

    Lyn Lifshin has two new poems in the seventh issue of nthWORD: “Not Waiting for Days” and “Being Jewish in a Small Town”.# – – Lyn Lifshin’s poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha. – –

  • Ivy Alvarez in Verity La

    Ivy Alvarez’s poem “Garage [hat]” is now published on Verity La. Read it here. – – Ivy Alvarez’s poetry was published in issue #7 of Cha – –

  • Pre-order Xu Xi’s Habit of a Foreign Sky

    Xu Xi’s novel Habit of a Foreign Sky, a finalist for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, will be published by Haven Books and globally launched in October this year. Learn more about the book here and here. You can…

  • Meet Inara Cedrins and Peters Bruveris

    Inara Cedrins edited the Chinese Feature for Drunken Boat in 2006 and her poems “Wintering” and “Towards Borders” were published in the February 2009 issue of Cha. In the September 2010 issue, we are offered the opportunity to publish Inara’s…

  • Gillian Sze’s Fish Bones reviewed in Broken Pencil

    “Sze’s voice moves gracefully from philosophy to longing.” Read a new review of Gillian Sze’s first full collection of poetry, Fish Bones, at Broken Pencil. Fish Bones is on the ReLit Award longlist 2010. – – Gillian Sze is a…