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Specific Contexts
Festival Minor
by Ben Nardolilli Dust rises off the floor, I call it a partner, Sure it has callous bad timing, And
Three Poems
by Selfa A. ChewTranslated by Toshiya KameiYou no longer live,nor will you sprout in mebecause I barely surviveyour death’s absolute signatureand
He Never Dies
by Wang Xu It was two o’clock in the morning. Robert woke up from a nightmare with a huge ache
Road
by: Phylis Warady In the first dawn when the ocean receded and life evolved, the road was but a path
Three New Poems
by: Tom Veber This is not a poem! This is not a poem,merely a random string of letters and words
Melancholy Ballad
by Qi’ang Meng Counting the takeoffs and landings
Water
by Alina Levytska Alina is a Ukrainian artist and poet living in Shanghai. She is known as winner of the
Calculation
by Marzia Rahman Translated by Md Mujib Ullah Doing such a lengthy calculation You thoroughly told in conclusion, ‘’The answer
Young Penelope
by Toti O’Brien She liked carrying her supper outdoors, she said, far from the house, past the gardens and orchards.
Dear Moonlight
by Jialin He Dear Moonlight, No one in this world other than you should be able to read this letter. I’m
Facing the Buddha
By Beaton Galafa Hangzhou was my first city to visit since I arrived in Zhejiang in mid-September, spending all my days
The Sound of the Sea
by Danton Remoto “This is the last time you’ll see the sea in our country,” his father told Cody as
Italo Calvino and Learning from Experimental Fiction
Recently, my students at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute are reading and studying the style of Italo
Aaron Sorkin and Writing Smart
As I watch more and more movies, I think we expect less out of our movies. As Marvel has established
A Start
Dear Writers and Readers, This new online literary journal, The Blue Tiger Review, is being started during the summer of
- Writing Personal Statements
