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[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…
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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. – –
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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 – –
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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“Harvest” and “After Ten Years In America, My Grandmother Decides to Celebrate Tet”, two strong, vivid and memorable poems by Kim-An Lieberman, will be featured in the September 2010 issue of Cha. “Harvest” contains an image of a girl collecting…
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Alvin Pang will be appearing in a literary event called “Poetry Mash!” in Helsinki on 28 August, 2010. More information here. – – Alvin Pang has had three poems published in issue#2 of Cha. – –
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The 2010 Troubadour International Poetry Prize will be judged by Gwyneth Lewis & Maurice Riordan (both judges will be reading all poems). =-Prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250, & 20 prizes of £20 each Spring 2011 coffee-house poetry season…
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Marco Yan is an important writer for Cha: his short story “Market Guy” appeared in our début edition. We are very delighted to say that his new poem “Remembrance” will be featured in the September 2010 issue. All three editors…
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The August 2010 issue of Softblow is now live. Read Michelle Cahill’s poems “Autumn”, “The Mating Game”, “After” and “Joy” here. – – Michelle Cahill’s poetry was published in issue #2 of Cha. 0 –
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Cover art by Alvin Pang The twelve issue of Cha will go live in the second half of September. Royston Tester (Guest Editor) lent us his expertise and read the poetry and prose submissions with us, while Eddie Tay (Reviews…
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We learnt from Asia Writes that Cha contributor O Thiam Chin is selected as a participant of the Iowa’s International Writing Program. Learn more about the programme here. – – O Thiam Chin’s short story “Pebbles” is in Issue #8…
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In May 2008, Florence Bamberger, a then second-year illustration student from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, contacted me and said she would like to illustrate some of my poems for her final-year project. In the…
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Branch Magazine, edited by Cha contributors Gillian Sze and Roberutsu, is calling for submissions for its third issue, themed “Hunger”. More information here. – –
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Congratulations to Phoebe Tsang! Her collection Contents of a Mermaid Purse, published by Tightrope Books, is on the 2010 ReLit Award (category: Poetry). Good luck, dear! We are very happy for you! – A review of Contents of a Mermaid…
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Congratulations to Rocco de Giacomo! His Ten Thousand Miles Between Us, published by Quattro, is on the 2010 ReLit Award longlist (category: Novel). We wish you the best of luck! – Ten Thousand Miles Between Us was reviewed in Issue…
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Congratulations to Gillian Sze! Her collection Fish Bones, published by DC Books, is on the 2010 ReLit Award longlist (category: Poetry). We look forward to more great news. Good luck! – One of the poems in Fish Bones, “To John…
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Do you remember Mark Stringer’s “City Lantern”, which was published in the February 2008 issue of Cha? The photograph was subsequently reprinted in Issue 22 of BluePrintReview, on the editor Dorothee Lang’s request. In the grainy image, the lonely lantern…
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Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s poem “All About My Mother”, which begins with the lines ‘She sprawled in the bed, / a corpse with a beating heart, / circled by four other men. Or five?’, wins The Medulla Review‘s third Oblongata Contest.…
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Divya Rajan’s poem “Then” will be read by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer of Accents Publishing on her radio show Accents – A Radio Show for Literature, Art and Culture on WRFL, 88.1 FM, Lexington, Kentucky, this Friday (2-3 pm). The show is…
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If your lover wants to be so close to you, so close, closer than your skin, how will you respond? Annie Zaidi’s poem “Diaphragm”, which will be published in the September 2010 issue of Cha, explores this topic, and the…
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Craig Santos Perez has a few new poems published in The Offending Adam. Read them here. – – Craig Santos Perez’s review was been published in issue #9 of Cha. – –
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– Read Craig Santos Perez’s review of Francisco Aragón’s Glow of our Sweat in the latest issue of Jacket Magazine. –– Craig Santos Perez’s review was been published in issue #9 of Cha. – –
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It was love at first read. We will be publishing Phill Provance’s “St. Petersburg Has Many Churches”, which will also appear in Danse Macabre, in the September 2010 issue of Cha. Our guest editor commented, ‘the playfulness of the poem…
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Many of you know Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), one of the most distinguished Chinese poets in the twentieth century. In the September 2010 issue of Cha, Clara Hsu, whose poem “Pigeon Cage Blues” was published by us in 2008, will be…
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Photo of Yip © Benny Thong Fact 1: Yip Wai Shan knows us very well. Fact 2: Her picture (above) is awesome. Fact 3: Her photography sequence “Dry” will appear in the September 2010 Issue of Cha. Fact 4: These…
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Congratulations to the following Cha contributors whose poems have been nominated by Asia Writes for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010: Nicholas Y. B. Wong (“I Am Mark Joseph“), Luis A. Igloria (“Paradise“) and Iris A. Law (“on…
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