• Gillian Sze in Encore Literary Magazine

    – Gillian Sze’s new poem “The Day After I Lost My Mittens” is now published in Encore Literary Magazine. Read it here. – Read Gillian Sze’s Cha profile. – –

  • Two ways to consider clouds

    Edinburgh, May 2011 ––ARIEL.All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I comeTo answer thy best pleasure; be’t to fly,To swim, to dive into the fire, to rideOn the curl’d clouds; to thy strong bidding taskAriel and all his quality. …..…

  • Does one need to be dissatisfied to be a writer?

    Quote of the day – Pamuk on ‘dissatisfaction’ I was reading the “The New Lyric Studies” section of the January 2008 edition of PMLA but found the interview with Orhan Pamuk interesting as well. In it, Pamuk talks about his…

  • Cucumber sandwiches

    ‘Honour of the cucumber’ ‘Cucumber sandwiches’ — often a simplistic avatar of the English upper class in literature. I have never had one, have you? ‎’[P]oems are worth all the cucumber-sandwiches in the world […] the perfect green circles —…

  • Nicolette Wong in Apocrypha and Abstractions

    –Nicolette Wong’s flash fiction “The Warrior” is now up at Apocrypha and Abstractions. Read it here.–Nicolette Wong’s short stories were published in Issue #1 and Issue #6 of Cha.–=

  • Lyn Lifshin in Verse Wisconsin

    – Lyn Lifshin’s poem “My Mother and the Lilacs” is now published in the latest issue of Verse Wisconsin. Read it here. – Lyn Lifshin’s poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha = =

  • W.F. Lantry in Connotation Press

    – W.F. Lantry’s short stories “Mermaid”, “Visitation” and “Transference” are now published in the latest issue of Connotation Press. You can also read an interview with Bill by Meg Tuite.  – W.F. Lantry’s poetry was published in Issue #12 of Cha.  –…

  • Robert E. Wood in Rose and Thorn Journal

    Robert E. Wood has three new poems in the Summer 2011 issue of The Rose and Thorn Journal. The poems are “Weary Willie“, “Tuba Player” and “Bouquet of Daffodils for Daffy Duck“. Read them here. – – Robert E. Wood’s…

  • The speech that is guaranteed to get the girl

    From Harold Pinter’s Betrayal (1978): You’re lovely. I’m crazy about you. All these words I’m using, don’t you see, they’ve never been said before. Can’t you see? I’m crazy about you. It’s a whirlwind. Have you ever been to the Sahara Desert? Listen…

  • Marc Vincenz in October Babies

    – Marc Vincenz’s poem “Tai Ch’i Master”, previously published in Right Hand Pointing, is now up at October Babies. – Marc Vincenz’s poetry was published in Issue 10 of Cha. – –