Derek Chung

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Derek Chung is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and critic from Hong Kong. He is the recipient of numerous Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature, among other accolades. His poetry collections include The Growing House, Umbrellas That Blossom on the Road, and A Bright House Standing in Light Rain.

  • The cover to A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist by Derek Chung

    A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist by Derek Chung

    Derek Chung
    Brookline, Massachusetts. Zephyr Press. 2023. 112 pages. Derek Chung’s A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist is a collection of twenty-three poems that depict daily life and various cu…
  • A photograph of a raucous public festival where teams of rowers in dragon boats traverse a river

    Festival

    Summer 2021
    Derek Chung
    Photo by Macau Photo Agency on Unsplash worldlittoday · “Festival,” by Derek Chung The festival is here we play football by the door Even in a tight space my son can nail a kickoff Skilled at the…