Nicole is a diplomat and poet. All she writes describes her personal point of view and in no way represents the official position of her dear government (especially on matters of love and life). Currently stationed in Shanghai, she finds this land of beauty and history to be endlessly inspirational. Her muses are dreams…and the flowering streets of this city. after a summer rain this...
Dutch, Swiss, and German, Katie Vogel has lived and worked in Shanghai for almost two years. She is a Bachata lover, fall leaf cruncher, yogi, and poet. With a B.A. in Creative Writing, her work has appeared in Parnassus, Visions, and ASPZ. Farewell I leave you softly a heron listening water cresting bony sure knees home grounding the heart in morning solace two feet...
Yuu Ikeda is a Japan-based poet. Her published poems include “On the Bed” in Nymphs, “Pressure” in Selcouth Station Press, “Dawn” in Poetry and Covid, and “The Mirror That I Broke” in vulnerary magazine. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @yuunnnn77, and publishes poetry on her website. “They” Broken heart. Summer night. They make harmony from madness. Crumbled confidence. Summer...
Jonathan Chan is a writer, editor, and graduate of the University of Cambridge. Born in New York to a Malaysian father and South Korean mother, he was raised in Singapore, where he is presently based. He is interested in questions of faith, identity, and creative expression. He has recently been moved by the writing of Tse Hao Guang, Rodrigo Dela Peña Jr., and Balli Kaur Jaswal. watching ...
Jonathan Chan is a writer, editor, and graduate of the University of Cambridge. Born in New York to a Malaysian father and South Korean mother, he was raised in Singapore, where he is presently based. He is interested in questions of faith, identity, and creative expression. He has recently been moved by the writing of Tse Hao Guang, Rodrigo Dela Peña Jr., and Balli Kaur Jaswal. overnight...
Güelga Fonda Esti poema entamelu nel mio maxín fai cincu años, nel cuartu d’un hotel de Shanghai, Shanghai ye un llugar que dexó una güelga fonda na mio memoria -un poema ye xustamente eso-. Ye un d’esos llugares au puedes atopar un bon poema per cualuquier requexu de la ciudá (o atopate a ti mesmu nesti mundiu llíquidu). ~ Deep Mark I started this poem...
Rachel Fung graduated from King’s College London where she read law. She is particularly interested in stories of modern life and identity in South East Asia and has lived in three different cities in the region. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of publications, including an anthology of flash fiction – A Girl’s Guide to Fly Fishing. One Call I He slipped his hand...
Karolina Wróblewska is a Shanghai enthusiast. She has lived here for over a decade, mesmerised by old Shanghai lanes and their inhabitants. Trained in sinology, she enjoys Chinese ink wash painting and writing about her Shanghai experience. But I didn’t want to be a strawberry I like to imagine myself as a memories collector. I find, gather, organise, and appreciate; a...
Xiu Wei writes from Malaysia. She was born in Klang, a small town where big, black crows fly amok. The crows have inspired her to (attempt to) fly amok as well. She aspires to acquire the gentle, happy disposition of an alpaca, and to be the best human she can possibly be. Eggshells The conjuring of one’s primary school memories usually gave Big People a fond feeling in their belly...
Habib Mohana was born in 1969 in Daraban Kalan, a town in the district of Dera Imsail Khan, Pakistan. He is an assistant professor of English at Government Degree College No 3, D. I. Khan. He writes fiction in English, Urdu, and Saraiki (his mother tongue). He has four books under his belt, one in Urdu and three in Saraiki. His Saraiki novel forms part of the syllabus for the MA in Saraiki at...