- 114: NO THEME 13with J Toledo & C Tse 113: INVISIBLE WALLSwith A Walker & D Disney 112: TREATwith T Dearborn 111: BABYwith S Deo & L Ferney 110: POP!with Z Frost & B Jessen 109: NO THEME 12with C Maling & N Rhook 108: DEDICATIONwith L Patterson & L Garcia-Dolnik 107: LIMINALwith B Li 106: OPENwith C Lowe & J Langdon 105: NO THEME 11with E Grills & E Stewart 104: KINwith E Shiosaki 103: AMBLEwith E Gomez and S Gory 102: GAMEwith R Green and J Maxwell 101: NO THEME 10with J Kinsella and J Leanne 100: BROWNFACE with W S Dunn 99: SINGAPOREwith J Ip and A Pang 97 & 98: PROPAGANDAwith M Breeze and S Groth 96: NO THEME IXwith M Gill and J Thayil 95: EARTHwith M Takolander 94: BAYTwith Z Hashem Beck 93: PEACHwith L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong 92: NO THEME VIIIwith C Gaskin 91: MONSTERwith N Curnow 90: AFRICAN DIASPORAwith S Umar 89: DOMESTICwith N Harkin 88: TRANSQUEERwith S Barnes and Q Eades 87: DIFFICULTwith O Schwartz & H Isemonger 86: NO THEME VIIwith L Gorton 85: PHILIPPINESwith Mookie L and S Lua 84: SUBURBIAwith L Brown and N O'Reilly 83: MATHEMATICSwith F Hile 82: LANDwith J Stuart and J Gibian 81: NEW CARIBBEANwith V Lucien 80: NO THEME VIwith J Beveridge 57.1: EKPHRASTICwith C Atherton and P Hetherington 57: CONFESSIONwith K Glastonbury 56: EXPLODE with D Disney 55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUSwith M Chakraborty and K MacCarter 55: FUTURE MACHINES with Bella Li 54: NO THEME V with F Wright and O Sakr 53.0: THE END with P Brown 52.0: TOIL with C Jenkins 51.1: UMAMI with L Davies and Lifted Brow 51.0: TRANSTASMAN with B Cassidy 50.0: NO THEME IV with J Tranter 49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH with M Hall and S Seita 49.0: OBSOLETE with T Ryan 48.1: CANADA with K MacCarter and S Rhodes 48.0: CONSTRAINT with C Wakeling 47.0: COLLABORATION with L Armand and H Lambert 46.1: MELBOURNE with M Farrell 46.0: NO THEME III with F Plunkett 45.0: SILENCE with J Owen 44.0: GONDWANALAND with D Motion 43.1: PUMPKIN with K MacCarter 43.0: MASQUE with A Vickery 42.0: NO THEME II with G Ryan 41.1: RATBAGGERY with D Hose 41.0: TRANSPACIFIC with J Rowe and M Nardone 40.1: INDONESIA with K MacCarter 40.0: INTERLOCUTOR with L Hart 39.1: GIBBERBIRD with S Gory 39.0: JACKPOT! with S Wagan Watson 38.0: SYDNEY with A Lorange 37.1: NEBRASKA with S Whalen 37.0: NO THEME! with A Wearne 36.0: ELECTRONICA with J Jones
CONTRIBUTORS
Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
Hong Kong Now
Hong Kong has experienced almost a year of political and social turmoil, with the aftershocks of last year’s protests continuing to be felt, and many of their grievances unaddressed.
Posted in CHAPBOOKS
Tagged Akin Jeje, Anthea Y, Belle Ling, Cheng Tim Tim, Collier Nogues, Marco Yan, Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, Wawa (a.k.a. Lo Mei Wa)
Tomorrows
If I walk on a Hong Kong street for long enough, I will eventually bump into someone I know from a long time ago. So long ago that each of us wilfully resorts to deceptive amnesia. There are streets in …
Posted in HONG KONG
Tagged Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
The Visitation
My paternal grandmother came to me in a dream and said: I have no money and I’m cold. I recounted the visitation to my parents— They had forgotten to burn for my granny paper money, paper clothes—offerings sent to the …
Posted in HONG KONG
Tagged Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
One Person
If I tell you my full name, will you only say it when I drown or fall? Which protest poster will you carry around close to your chest like an oversized pendant? Have you been served gas or spray? Where …
Posted in HONG KONG
Tagged Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
Your Name in My Lexicon Means Yes
Once, you talked to me on the phone, I complained about the loud wind obscuring your voice. You responded: Baby, I can’t make the wind stop. The creation of meanings takes three steps: saying yes, singing no, unbinding maybe, and …
Posted in HONG KONG
Tagged Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
This May Be a Love Poem
We are ugly but we have the words, even if no one reads them. We carry no axes, unready to kill. Or turn on the oven until it warms. trains have passed us since the day we were born and …
Posted in HONG KONG
Tagged Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
Let’s Not Jump to Inconclusions
One November I began to fall deeply in love with a man who just yesterday told me to add tension to my linebreaks, challenge the readers, discomfort the empty spaces on the page. I am trying to listen, but there …
Posted in 92: NO THEME VIII
Tagged Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
