Liz Chi Yen Liew and Dennis Lee Last night’s Dislocating Asia event at The Forge in Camden was more than a whole heap of fun: it was significant in showcasing a variety of top East Asian talent without a hint of faux orientalism. We were the cool kids (okay, we were the rebels smoking fags […]
DISLOCATING ASIA 7pm tonight at The Forge in Camden. It’s finally arrived … 7pm TONIGHT, I’m performing at the spectacular Dislocating Asia talent fest in Camden. With Charles Shaar Murray, Diana Yeh, Daniel York, Jennifer Lim, Wondermare, Liz Chi Yen Liew (Chi2, Damon Albarn) and Lucky Cat Zoe Baxter. I’ll be doing a 25 minute
Tonight at The Forge: I’m reading poetry among a smorgasbord of East Asian talent Read More »
Saturday interview with Phil Burton Cartledge at All That Is Solid …: Anna Chen Extracts: highlights and lowlifes – Why did you start blogging? I started blogging as Madam Miaow in 2007 to stop me chucking heavy objects through the television screen. I needed not only to vent, but to order my thoughts when faced
I’ve been saying for a geological era that women in the west have a burqa imposed on us. It’s just that ours is invisible. The Texas Court of Appeal ruling legalising up-the-skirt shots — where a perv can thrust his camera up your skirt to take the image for sexual gratification — seems on the
The Chinese Labour Corps memorial campaign. Anna Chen’s South China Morning Post column on the forgotten men who served in the Europe theatre of was in World War 1 doing most of the dirtiest work. Thousands died.
Chinese Labour Corps, the forgotten army: my column for the South China Morning Post Read More »
I adore Scotland and its people. Not just the ones I’ve met at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but during the weeks in Glasgow with the play M Butterfly at the Kings Theatre. The theatre crew looked after us and were so delightful, funny and hospitable, getting us drunk every night and refusing to let us
Scotland: I want you to stay but I understand why you’ve had enough Read More »
