• On Signs — What do you know about clocks?

    “Pray, my dear, quoth my mother, have you not forgot to wind up the clock?” Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tistram Shandy, Gentleman, Volume I, Chapter I Random musings The cover image of the September 2010 issue of…

  • Cha staff

    Cha Staff is the place where we upload the biographies of the journal’s staff, including regular editors and guest editors. All the existing profiles on the Asian Cha website will be replaced eventually. More bios are forthcoming. – –

  • Meet Eddie Tay

    Eddie Tay is the Reviews Editor of Cha and has previously contributed poetry (“Whose Woods These Are”) and reviews to the journal. In the September 2010 issue, we are very delighted to have the opportunity to feature four poems from…

  • Meet Robert Raymer

    Cha does not normally reprint works (apart from the “Lost Teas” section). So, when we do republish a piece, it has to be very good. The September 2010 issue will feature Robert Raymer‘s short story “On Fridays” from his collection…

  • Meet Fiona Sze-Lorrain

    Consulting Editor Reid Mitchell will review two poetry collections in the September 2010 issue of Cha: Steven Schroeder’s A Dim Sum of the Day Before and Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s Water the Moon. Apart from Steven’s  “I Can Smell Roads”, we will also…

  • Meet Steven Schroeder

    Steven Schroeder, who told us he’s already expecting the first snow in Chicago, has appeared in Cha several times. His poems “Guidebook Says” and “A Water Planet” were published in the first anniversary issue (“Guidebook Says” was also discussed on…

  • Welcome, China

    The first time this blog has a visitor from China. Thank you for visiting. 0 0-

  • Jee Leong Koh in Zocalo Public Square

    Photography courtesy Paolo Aquino – Jee Leong Koh’s new poem “I Am My Names” is published in Zocalo Public Square. Read it here. – – Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue#6 of Cha. = =

  • Essays by Children’s Picture Book Authors

    Clockwise from the top left:Sarah Brennan, Adeline Foo, Margaret Lim and Emily Lim. In the September 2010 issue of Cha, we will be publishing essays by four children’s picture book authors: Sarah Brennan, Adeline Foo, Emily Lim and Margaret Lim.…

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