• What was the strongest candidate for the original tree of knowledge of good and evil in the seventeenth century?

    “Temptation”, from a German version of the Vita of Adam & Eve.  Marina Warner in the article “Bananas” (1995) answers: In the seventeenth century, when savants were as keen on gardening as on the Bible, the general opinion of herbalists…

  • "This is what your lips smell like?"

    This exchange didn’t make it in the final film. [You can compare the film and the full script (as of 06/09/2009) — many changes have been made.] –

  • Measurements: Sketches from Hong Kong

    –– Measurements: Sketches from Hong KongEds. Melanie Ho & Simon OvertonHong Kong Writers Circle – The Hong Kong Writers Circle has released its sixth anthology of some of Hong Kong’s best English-language writing from the past year. Measurement: Sketches from Hong…

  • An evening of poetry, prose & Music with Gillian Sze and others (23 February, 2011)

    FEBRUARY 23, 2011 – AN EVENING OF POETRY, PROSE & MUSIC Visual Arts Centre School of Art / McClure Gallerywww.visualartscentre.ca350 Victoria Avenue, Montreal, QCProducer/host Ilona Martonfi Wednesday, February 23, 2011Doors 7:00 pm Reading 7:30 pm At the door $5MORE INFORMATION HERE. Read Gillian…

  • Priyadarshi Patnaik and O Thiam Chin in Asiatic

    – Priyadarshi Patnaik’s poem “Voices – House at Puri” [pdf] and O Thiam Chin’s short fiction “The Cleaner’s Daughter” [pdf] are now published in the December 2010 issue of Asiatic.  Priyadarshi Patnaik’s photograph “Flight of the Toads” is the cover image of…

  • Bob Bradshaw in Eclectica Magazine

    Bob Bradshaw has a new poem, “Building A Plane”, in the new issue of Eclectica Magazine. “Clouds like surf stretched towards Japan. // I started work on the plane’s belly, / and lived inside it for months.” — read the rest of…

  • Highgate Cemetery without Karl Marx

    On Saturday, we went to Highgate Cemetery where we took a guided tour of the West side. Highgate Cemetery is divided into two sections: the West and East sides. Most visitors go to the East side to see the graves…

  • Black Heart Magazine interviews Greg Santos

    Laura Roberts of Black Heart Magazine interviews pax americana poetry editor Greg Santos. Read the article here. – Greg Santos’s poetry was published in issue #10 of Cha. –

  • Xu Xi in The Straits Times

    There is an article on Xu Xi titled “Wonder Women”  in The Straits Times and it can be read on Haven Books website here [PDF]. – Xu Xi’s creative non-fiction was published in issue #6 of Cha. –

  • Rumjhum Biswas’s and W.F. Lantry’s poems named finalists of Aesthetica’s Creative Works Competition

    – Rumjhum Biswas’s “Cleavage” and W.F. Lantry’s “Talavera” were named finalists of Aesthetica Magazine‘s Creative Works Competition 2010. The magazine is currently accepting submissions for its 2011 competition. Check out the information here. – Rumjhum Biswas’s poem “Bones” was published in issue…