Photo by JSP. 6:40 am. Late July 2010. McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, India. distrust friendly gentleman who says Sit relax and Put ………….pack uptop and then appears outside your train ………….window and tells you to open it wide for its Very ………….hot humid and you talk about canada and germany and his Germany ………….girlfriend and the…
“Reflections Upon My Conference Presentation at ACAH/LibrAsia 2014” by James Au
My presentation topic during the Osaka Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (ACAH) 2014 was “Comparative Studies: Europe Dada Poetry, Guo Moruo’s “The Goddesses” and Takahashi Shinkichi’s Poetry”. As the topic suggests, this paper compares “The Goddesses” written by Guo Moruo (郭沬若), a Chinese literary poet renowned for his new poetry, European Dada poetry and the…
“Monkey Man” by John Wakefield
I ask you a question, or say what I think. You don’t give an answer… don’t respond to my thoughts. Instead you say “Wow, you talk like I do… …that’s funny as hell.” I’m a monkey on a bike, wearin’ a hat ‘n a coat. When I talk like you do, you just gotta laugh…….
“Macau Impressions” by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
[Also see “Macau Revisited”.] Last month, I was invited to give a talk (“Betrayal, Mistrust and Contempt: Relationships Between Language and Identity”) and run a poetry workshop at The Script Road: Macau Literary Festival. The following are pictures taken before and during that short trip. ::::: Tammy Ho Lai-Ming is Assistant Professor at the Department of…
“To the Caulfield Express” by Holden Liang Qichao
Photo by Holden. I sat on the upper deck of a dust-coated bus, heading towards the incandescence of the city’s neon heart. The first time I saw this bus, ‘city boat’ was its badge, dangled by a faded lanyard. Maybe this was why I sat up high. So I wouldn’t drown too soon by the…
“45 Belgrave Square” by Jason Eng Hun Lee
“Nelson’s Column, 7th March, 2010” by Tammy Ho We waited under the buzz of a rotating fan, sheets neatly printed against palms, waiting for my annual summons to citizenship. Dad led the way, preceding me by thirty year’s toil under a hot tropical sun as we sat under the crescent gaze of a woman with…
“Lily” by Lian-Hee Wee
::::: Lian-Hee Wee is Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature.[Click here to read all entries by or about Lian-Hee.]
Department of English, Hong Kong Baptist University 