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Popular Eastern Writing

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Popular Eastern Writing

Popular Eastern Writing: Eastlit January 2015 Cover. Picture: Seattle Asiatown Temple by Allen Forrest. Cover design by Graham Lawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.These are the new lists of popular Eastern writing found in Eastlit. Apologies for being a little later than normal. We continue to include the most popular Asian fiction, poetry, artwork and non-fiction of the past seven and thirty days. The all time list of popular Eastern writing has also been updated too. By popular request, we continue to provide direct links to each piece in our lists.

All of this popular Eastern writing and artwork can be navigated to from the links on the page or by making use of the links in the top bar. You can use the Eastlit archive. It will also give you another opportunity to read some of the less popular pieces. As we all know popular does not always mean best!

The second 2015 issue of Eastlit will be out around the end of January or start of February.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Eastern Writing Last Seven Day:

  1. A Descendant of the Emperor Shang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
  2. Fifth Daughter of Tung by Paula Tan (January 2015).
  3. The Man Root by L.P. Lee (January 2015).
  4. Thomas Donaldson Art (January 2014).
  5. Keeping Tabs by Chua Yini (January 2015).

Popular Eastern Writing Last Thirty Days:

  1. Translucence and The Exile by James Underwood (December 2014).
  2. Fifth Daughter of Tung by Paula Tan (January 2015).
  3. A Descendant of the Emperor Shang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
  4. After Mid-Autumn & Other Poems by Ting Wei Tai (January 2015).
  5. Malaysee-ah, negaramu by JoAnn LoSavio (January 2015).

Popular Eastern Writing All Time:

  1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  8. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  9. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
  10. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
  • +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
  • +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
  • +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
  • +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
  • +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
  • +21% September 2014 on September 2013.
  • +2% October 2014 on October 2013.
  • +32% November 2014 on November 2013.
  • +26% December 2014 on December 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • China & Hong Kong
  • India
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Popular Asian Writing: Eastlit

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Popular Asian Writing

Popular Asian Writing: Eastlit December 2014 Cover. Picture: Guardian by Graham Lawrence. Cover design by Graham Lawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.The current lists of popular Asian writing found in Eastlit are finally ready! As always we have included the most popular Asian fiction, poetry, artwork and non-fiction of the past seven and thirty days. The popular all time list has also been updated too. By popular request, we continue to provide direct links to the pieces on our lists.

All of this popular Asian writing and artwork can be accessed from the links on the page or by navigating through the links in the top bar, or you can use the Eastlit archive. It also gives you another chance read some of the less popular pieces. As we all know popular does not always mean best!

The first 2015 issue of Eastlit will be out around early January.

Please note that we have a policy of excluding all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these statistics.

Popular Asian Writing Last Seven Days

  1. Translucence and The Exile by James Underwood (December 2014).
  2. A Descendant of the Emperor Shang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
  3. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  4. The Sarawak Club by Colin W. Campbell (September 2013).
  5. Rain by Lu Yu (December 2014).

Popular Asian Writing Last Thirty Days:

  1. Translucence and The Exile by James Underwood (December 2014).
  2. A Descendant of the Emperor Shang by Minglu Zeng (December 2014).
  3. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  4. Great Goddess by Andrew J. West (December 2014).
  5. Brünnhilde’s Immolation by Daniel Emlyn-Jones (December 2014).

Popular Asian Writing All Time:

  1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  2. The Foreign Man Is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  4. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  8. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  9. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
  10. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
  • +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
  • +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
  • +69% June 2014 on June 2013.
  • +17% July 2014 on July 2013.
  • +33% August 2014 on August 2013.
  • +21% September 2014 on September 2013.
  • +2% October 2014 on October 2013.
  • +32% November 2014 on November 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • China & Hong Kong
  • India
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Support Eastlit

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Eastlit State of Play

Eastlit continues to expand in terms of readership and contributors every month. You can follow this growth on the lists posts that I do every month. We are only too happy to provide an ever growing audience to an increasingly diverse set of contributions. However, as we move well beyond the eighteenth month point, it is that time when Eastlit faces a bunch of costs again. Naturally I will bear all of these whatever and will stick with the promise made early in the first year not to introduce advertising to Eastlit.

However, if anyone can help out a little or knows someone who can, it would be great. Donations are valued. There are also other things that can be done to help support Eastlit. Please take a read below and help us where you can in a non-financial way.

Support Eastlit

Donations even of a couple of dollars are appreciated and all helps. The link is below. Or contact me at the usual places if you wish to donate books, gift cards or other such things.




Follow Eastlit

Follow Eastlit on Facebook

Every follow on Facebook is much appreciated and it is also the best place to get every little update from Eastlit. You can also follow us on Google+ or Twitter if you head to Eastlit latest.

Like and Share Eastlit pages

You can also like or share any page of Eastlit. This includes our front page, every post and every published piece of work. If you do like something help us and our authors, poets and artists by sharing or liking on your social media program of choice.

Spread the Word

If you like Eastlit and what it is doing, please spread the word by mouth or e-mail or any other way you can think of.

Finally

I would like to thank everyone who has helped to make Eastlit the success it is now. Enough and this call will not be repeated.

Cheers

Graham

Eastlit Bits

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Eastlit News

Eastlit Bits. News Post June 2014: Eastlit June 2014 Cover. Picture: Mai Văn Phấn. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.Eastlit June 2014 seems to be attracting a lot of interest. There are some pieces getting a lot of views every day. I will do a seperate news post on the latest lists at a later date. In this one I want to mention a couple of calls for art, literature and poetry by others. These may interest our regulars. One concerns Hong Kong. The other is a broader call for submissions albeit one covering South Asia. South Asia is not the main area of Eastlit, but with obvious connections to South East Asia, we have featured a fair few contributors and have a number of readers in the South Asia region. This call for submissions is shared for you and also those connecting to our new sister journal Southlit. I have posted the press releases for both events.

I would also like to mention a post on her site by Zara Adcock called Why I Want to Review Your Book. Take a look. It covers reviewing books to get them to a younger audience.

DesiLit Announces Kriti Festival of South Asian Arts and Literature

Chicago, IL – DesiLit is pleased to announce its 4th festival of South Asian and diasporic arts and literature, to be held at the University of Illinois at Chicago, September 25 – 28, 2014.

The Kriti Festival is a four-day showcase of various mediums of art representing the South Asian diaspora. Participants come from all over the world to present their works to the general public. It is an opportunity to connect those who identify with or have a deep connection to the diaspora with each other, and to enjoy the many offerings of South Asian culture.

Submissions are now welcome in the areas of literature, film, music, dance, and visual arts. Those who are interested in submitting must send an electronic sample of their work to submissions@kritifestival.org with a brief bio attached. Panelists who are selected may be asked to present their work via panels, readings, screenings, or performances. Full guidelines and further details may be found at http://kritfestival.org. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2014.

For a sample of our 2005, 2007, and 2009 panelists and more details, or to register for the festival, please visit our website: http://kritifestival.org. If you have any questions, please contact info@kritifestival.org.

NOTE: Kriti is co-sponsored by the English Department, the Asian Studies Program, and the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and will be held on campus, at 750 S. Halsted, Chicago.

Desde Hong Kong: poets in conversation with Octavio Paz

You are invited to submit poems to Desde Hong Kong: poets in conversation with Octavio Paz, a collection in celebration of the centenary of the great Mexican poet, Octavio Paz, who built bridges among cultures, and especially among poets, and whose connections with Asia were considerable.
The editors have selected eight works by Paz to initiate and stimulate the conversation or to act as references. These poems can be found here: http://chameleonpress.com/octaviopaz/ 
 
As the title Desde Hong Kong suggests, the editors expect the poems to be rooted in some way in, from or about Hong Kong.  The book will be published by Chameleon Press and edited by Germán Muñoz, Juan José Morales and Tammy Ho Lai-Ming. You can find out more about them here: http://chameleonpress.com/ocatviopaz/dls.hml?show=bios
 
Unless you are invited to submit work personally by one of the editors, general submissions should be made by 31 July, 2014 via Google Docs and sent to octaviopazhk@gmail.com . More information: http://chameleonpress.com/ocaviopaz.

Next Eastlit Bits

The next news piece will be on the updated lists.

Cheers

Graham

Eastlit Popular Creative Writing

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Eastlit April 2014 Cover. The cover was designed by Graham Lawrence. The cover picture is "Hands". It is by Stuart Coward. Copyright Eastlit and Artist.This is the latest update of the popular creative writing and art that has featured in Eastlit. It is a snapshot of the most popular creative writing over the past seven and thirty days. As usual I have also included and updated list of the all time top ten.

You can navigate to the pieces via our top bar or archive. There are some good reads among the lesser read pieces, too. Why not take a look?

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on June 1 and the first issue of our new sister journal will be out on July 15.

Eastlit Popular Creative Writing. Last Seven Days

  1. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  2. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  3. Moonlight Scarf and Two Other Poems by Rose Lu (May 2014).
  4. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  5. Fragrant Island and Three Other Poems by Deborah Wong (May 2014).

Eastlit Popular Creative Writing. Last Thirty Days:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Ishinomkai by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  4. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  5. The Star Ferry by David Flynn (May 2014).

Eastlit Popular Creative Writing. All Time:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  4. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February 2013).
  8. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  9. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  10. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacanilao (February 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
  • +64% April 2014 on April 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • Canada
  • China
  • India
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Other News:

Our friends over at The Font have heir second issue out. Why not take a look?

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Popular Asian Poetry, Fiction and Art in Eastlit

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Popular Asian Poetry, Fiction & Art. Eastlit April 2014 Cover designed by Graham Lawrence. The cover picture is "Hands". It is by Stuart Coward. Copyright Eastlit and Artist.It is time to update the popular Asian poetry, fiction and art that has appeared in Eastlit. Once again we are taking a look a snapshot look at the most popular Asian poetry, fiction and art for the past seven and thirty days. I also include an updated all time list of popular Asian poetry, fiction and art. Plus there is also the latest month on month growth in readership comparison. And finally I include a list of the countries where Eastlit is most read.

I continue to only include creative submissions by contributors. Eastlit pages and regular columns are not included. I have again not provided direct links to each piece, but do mention the respective issue. It is easy enough to find the pieces from these. The menu has direct links to the three most recent issues. The archive has links to older issues.

Why not also take a look at less read pieces. This post is intended as always as a bit of fun. The appreciation of art and literature is very much subjective and because something is well read doesn’t necessarily mean you will like it!

Enough from me and so it is on with the lists of popular Asian poetry, fiction and art in Eastlit:

Popular Asian Poetry, Fiction and Art. Last Seven Days:

  1. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  2. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  3. Massey Hall 1971 by Flora Qian (April 2014).
  4. Three Worlds by Andrew J. West (April 2014).
  5. What the Dog Saw at Noon by Zara Adcock (April 2014).

Popular Asian Poetry, Fiction and Art. Last Thirty Days:

  1. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  2. Ishinomkai by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. Why I Write by Qui-Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  4. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  5. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).

Popular Asian Poetry, Fiction and Art. All Time:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  4. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  5. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  8. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  9. The Mansion by Andrew J. West (June 2013).
  10. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • Canada
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Editor’s Note:

Previous posts on what was popular in Eastlit were:

Eastlit Live Art and News

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Eastlit Live

Recently I haven’t said much about Eastlit Live. However, I have been asked a few times about it. Eastlit Live is still up and running as a concept mixed between Eastlit, the Eastlit Live You Tube channel and our Google+ account. You can access Eastlit Live Channel by clicking the link in the title above. We are always looking for multimedia submissions for Eastlit Live. they can be in any medium: writing, photography, video, audio or any combination. We are happy to consider music, talks, poetry readings or any other art genre of live art. Just send them in through the usual submissions e-mail, or if too big contact us through that e-mail. We can work something out.

A previous post describes the multimedia concept behind Eastlit LIve.

Live Art

Live art! Thomas Donaldson has an art show on in Chonburi, Thailand right now. Why not go along and take a look? I have inserted a flyer below. If you need an idea of his style of artwork, Thomas featured in the January 2014 issue of Eastlit in a piece titled: Thomas Donaldson Art.

Eastlit Live Art News March 2014. Thomas Donaldson Flyer for Where is My Head Art show.

 Other News

Eastlit April 2014 will be out on March 31 or April 1. This issue will include fiction, poetry, non-fiction, artwork, an interview, advice on writing and a book review. I hope you will enjoy the mix we have put together for you. Thanks also to all those who have contributed work for this issue.

We are still taking submissions for the June to December issues of Eastlit. Please go to our Eastlit submissions page to check the guidelines and send your work in. Also please pass this link on to anyone you know who may be interested.

If you have any live art in the form of video, audio or pictures, please also feel free to submit it for consideration for publication on Eastlit or Eastlit Live.

Enough for now.

Cheers.

Graham.

Top Asian Creative Writing

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Eastlit: Top Asian Creative Writing post. Eastlit March 2014 Cover. The cover was designed by Graham Lawrence. The cover picture is "Vientiane Flags". It is by Graham Lawrence. Copyright Eastlit and Artist.We continue to look at the top Asian creative writing published in Eastlit in 2014. Past posts on top Asian creative writing are: top reads, popular writing, top ten, latest popular literature, hot eastern literature and of course the well read 2013 top twenty. These posts continue to be some of the best read at Eastlit, so we feel honour bound to continue them. This one on Top Asian Creative Writing covers the early March period.

This Top Asian Creative Writing post covers the top 5 in the last seven and thirty days as well as updating our all time top Asian creative writing list. There continues to be movement in the all time list with some new entries. There are also several pieces very close to entering this list too! The massive year on year growth in readership helps more recent pieces of work rise up the rank quickly.

As is traditional, the Top Asian Creative Writing list is of submissions of work by contributors. Other pages and posts such as interviews, Eastlit main pages, editorials, Eastlit covers, regular columns and news items are not included. Again I do not include direct hyperlinks to each piece. This could affect fairness by directing traffic! However, as usual I have listed the issue each piece appeared in. It is easy from this to use the archive page to find past issues of Eastlit journal. More recent issues can also be found in the navigation bar at the top of the page. It’s also an idea to take a look at some of the less read pieces. You may find a personal gem in them. A piece in the top ten may not mean it is the best, and everyone has different tastes 😉

OK. Enough here are the Top Asian Creative Writing in Eastlit lists for March 2014:

Top Asian Creative Writing: Last Seven Days:

  1. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  2. Four Poems by Rose Lu (March 2014).
  3. Five Poems by Reid Mitchell (March 2014).
  4. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  5. Back to the Future by Steve Rosse (March 2014).

Top Asian Creative Writing: Last Thirty Days:

  1. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  2. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  4. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacanilao (February 2014).
  5. Auntie Moh Leen by Daniel Emlyn Jones (March 2014).

Top Asian Creative Writing: All Time:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  3. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  4. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February 2013).
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  7. The Mansion by Andrew J. West (June 2013).
  8. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  9. Five Poems by Rose Lu (April 2013).
  10. One Day Friend by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham

Hot Eastern Literature

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Eastlit: Hot Eastern Literature. News Post by Graham Lawrence.Well this is the first look at the hot eastern literature in Eastlit in 2014. Previous posts on the latest popular literature were: top reads, popular writing, top ten, latest popular literature and of course the well read 2013 top twenty. Apart from being a bit of fun, they were well received and well read. So we will continue these occasional posts throughout 2014. Here is the first one on hot eastern literature at Eastlit for mid-February!

As always I have covered the all time top ten and as well, I have also listed the top five hot pieces of eastern literature of the last five and thirty days. As ever there is some movement in the all time list, and there some newer pieces approaching entering it.

The hot eastern literature list only covers submissions of work by contributors. The pages such as site pages, editorials, covers, regular columns and news items etc are not included. I have not included a direct link to each piece as this could affect fairness in views! However, I have listed which issue each piece is in. It is easy to use the archive page to find older issues of Eastlit. Recent issues can be found in the archive menu and also in the menu at the top of the page. Why not also take a look at some of the lesser read pieces too? Being in the top ten may not mean being the best, and we all have different tastes 😉

In recent times it seems the strong showing by Filipino writers and poets continues with them taking 4 out of 5 spots in the 7 and 30 day lists.

Having said all of that, here is the top ten of all time after the recent top fives:

Hot Eastern Literature: Last Seven Days:

  1. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  2. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  3. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacanilao (February 2014).
  4. William Marr Poetry by William Marr (February 2104).
  5. Boracay Blues and Other Poems by Simon Anton Nino Diego Baena (February 2014).

Hot Eastern Literature: Last Thirty Days:

  1. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 2014).
  2. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. Day of Valor by Pauline Lacanilao (February 2014).
  4. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  5. William Marr Poetry by William Marr (February 2104).

Hot Eastern Literature: All Time:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  3. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February 2013).
  4. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013)
  5. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  6. The Mansion by Andrew J. West (June 2013).
  7. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  8. Five Poems by Rose Lu (April 2013).
  9. La Perla by MFL Bulandus (December 2013).
  10. Portrait of 1965 by Jerrold Yam (January 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013

Cheers

Graham

 

Andrew J West: Photo-Poetry-Art Exhibition

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Three Worlds

by Andrew J West

Eastlit: Amarin Buppasiri by Andrew J West. Three World's Exhibition. Copyright Andrew J West. Reproduced with permission.Andrew J West has of course featured fairly regularly in Eastlit as a writer. At Eastlit we do like to support the work of our contributors. So on hearing of his first solo art show in Bangkok, I decided to go and take a look. Having never met Andrew befoere, I found it nice of Andrew to agree to meet me there and guide me round the exhibits. Three Worlds a photo-poetry-art exhibition is showing at BACC, Pathumwan, Bangkok until February 16. It is a recommended visit, and I am sure with ongoing protests in Bangkok Andrew would appreciate anyone who can support him. I have also since heard that the show may be repeated at a later date in another location in Bangkok. We may also feature some of the show as an online exhibition in Eastlit as a later date. More on this later. I have taken the liberty of featuring a piece that interested me personalIy. I have also posted the press release for the event below:

Three Worlds

Opened by OCAC Director-General Mr. Khemchat Thepchai

with Special Guest Mr. Boonchai Bencharongkul

 

Bangkok, 18 January 2014 – Three Worlds is an art exhibition featuring 27 of Thailand’s leading and upcoming artists with the aim of promoting Thai art to the world. The artworks consist of photographs of each artist posing with their artworks, about which an individual poem has been written. This is Andrew J West’s first-ever solo show, and is supported by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC) and the Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA.

OCAC Director-General, Mr. Khemchat Thepchai, said, “Andrew has been active in the art scene through his articles, books, and fiction over the past decade. He has taken the subject matter that he had critiqued and chronicled—Thai arts—and applied what he likes to call ‘photo-poetry’ to it. This highly original concept, when applied to this subject, I believe promotes arts in a way like no other. This show will serve to lift the profile of Thai arts both locally and internationally, which is why we are delighted to support Andrew, even though he is a foreigner, by funding the exhibition.”

Mr. Boonchai Bencharongkul the founder of MOCA said, “MOCA’s goal is to support and promote Thai art, an objective we share with noted arts writer, Andrew J West, whose intention has been to support Thai art through his words. This unique interdisciplinary linking of art and poetry is a singularly effective means of drawing attention to Thai art and it is my greatest pleasure to sponsor this exhibition in cooperation with the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture and Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.”

Andrew J West said, “Firstly, I have to thank the artists for participating in this show, as well as Khun Khemchat, Khun Boonchai and the director of the BACC, Khun Luckana Kunavichayanont, for their great support. Also, Bancha Nangsue for his curation of the show and his invaluable help and advice with preparing for the event.”

“A niche exists in the ever-present tension between art and literature, and, as a long-time art critic and art fiction writer residing in Thailand, I feel sensitive toward it in this time and place. These ‘photo-poems’ are short verses presented with photographic portraits of 27 Thai artists taken with a piece of their art, with the intention of uniting the two art forms of visual art and writing,” said Andrew.

Andrew concluded, “This is a unique interdisciplinary concept, with no other artist or photographer doing similar work in Thailand or elsewhere. Thus, the show’s artworks elevate Thai art in a unique way. All poems are written in English, but are translated into Thai.”

Exhibition dates: January 14 to February 16 at BACC.

And thanks and good luck to Andrew from me. I hope the show goes well.

Cheers.

Graham.