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Anna Chen – Monday, 22 October 2012 This morning the Guardian online published my comment piece under the title: Memo to the RSC: east Asians can be more than just dogs and maids It’s no fun being bred out of the cultural gene pool. Watching TV, theatre or film, I’m on constant alert for a […]

Here’s Yellowface, a poem I wrote in 2009 after making a programme for BBC Radio 4 about Anna May Wong, and seeing the same old crap happening in British theatre. The comment that it no longer happens is ironic. Sadly. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/

So what’s new, pussycat? Apart from the Royal Shakespeare Company being engaged robustly on their thread concerning the casting of The Orphan of Zhao. Seems the RSC has hired a Chinese academic from Leeds University to give a one-day course for Sixth Form and Undergraduate students on a play whose first British production writes out

Locally Sourced Productions Presents an evening with writer, comic and broadcaster Anna Chen reading from her “brilliant and dangerous” poetry collection REACHING FOR MY GNU on Monday 29th October. With Charles Shaar Murray on guitar and reading from his acclaimed book on Jimi Hendrix, CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC. Plus music, short stories and latest material hot off the laptop.

Garbo speaks! A quick reminder that today you can hear me guest-hosting Zoe Baxter’s Lucky Cat Show on Resonance FM 104.4 at 3.30pm. My guests are travel writer Navjot Singh, Hi Ching and Charles Shaar Murray, and I’ll be reading some lively poetry from Reaching for my Gnu. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s

I know, I thought, it’s late with at least 20 minutes before I drop off. Perfect to start reading that Ezra Pound collection that’s been sitting there two years. Never mind what they say about his politics, I’ll read him for the poetry and filter out the other stuff. Here’s the first poem I read: