• Racism, of course, but what else is going on?

    This post was originally written on 1st September 2010. Reading the Atlantic today, I came across the controversy about Dior’s latest advertising campaign — “Shanghai Dreamers”. Produced by the Chinese artist Quentin Shih, the images show striking white women amidst…

  • Genuine email correspondence

    Pictured: Wheatfield with Crows by Vincent Van Gogh Dear ________,We are very sorry to inform you that we cannot publish your poem “_______” in Cha, after all; we found out that it was previously featured in ______. In our acceptance email,…

  • GASPP: a Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose

    GASPP: a Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose is an anthology of writing by queer Singapore writers, co-edited by Ng Yi-Sheng with Dominic Chua, Jasmine Seah and Irene Oh. The book features works by several Cha contributors including Cyril Wong, Lee Yew…

  • Quote of the day—”I love you madly”

    This post was originally written on 2nd June, 2010. “I think of the postmodern attitude as that of a man who loves a very cultivated woman and who knows that he cannot say to her, “I love you madly”, because…

  • Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies

     . In an article entitled “Language Policy, ‘Asia’s World City’ and Anglophone Hong Kong Writing”, published in Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Professor Elaine Ho of the University of Hong Kong has the following to say about Cha: .…

    Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies

  • "Small and incestuous"

    This post was originally written on 20th January, 2010. – In her blog post “Critique, Cruelty”, Anindita Sengupta comments on the situation of Indian English poetry: [T]he world of Indian English poetry is so small and incestuous. Nobody wants to…

  • Poetry OutLoud — A Hallowe’en Reading

    From the event host, Kate Rogers: Dear Poetry Lovers, October is coming to a close and what better way to see in November than with a spooky poetry reading featuring writers from the International Writers’ Workshop and our local Outlouders?…

  • Eddie Tay’s The Mental Life of Cities

    This post was originally posted on 22nd October, 2010.  click image to enlarge We are very pleased and proud to announce that our Reviews Editor Eddie Tay, who is also a professor teaching creative writing and poetry at the Chinese…

  • Asia in the Heart, World on the Mind

    –Cha is mentioned on the blog Asia in the Heart, World on the Mind. See the post here.–––

  • Daniel Bowman Jr. in The Other Journal

    – Daniel Bowman Jr.’s “To a Famous Poet with a Bad Poem in a Famous Magazine” is published on The Other Journal. Read the poem here. –Daniel Bowman Jr.’s poems were published in issue # 10 of Cha.––