Steven Schroeder in Poetry Daily

Steven Schroeder's poem "afer an apocalypse", first published in TriQuarterly issue #133, was the featured poem in Poetry Daily for 28 May 2009.

Steven Schroeder's poetry has been published in issue #5 of Cha.

Nirmala Pillai

Nirmala Pillai's new poem "Vanity's Edge" is now published in the Spring 2009 issue of Bare Root Review, the journal of the Department of Creative Writing, Minnesota University.

Nirmala Pillai's fiction has been published in issue #5 of Cha.

CHA Issue#7 Goes Live

We are pleased to announce that the seventh issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal has now been launched. It features work by Ivy Alvarez, Andrew Barker, Dave Bonta, Catherine Candano, Surajit Chakravarty, Cecilia Chan, Kevin Chan, Louie Crew, E. K. Entrada, Suzanne Hermanoczki, Enrica Ho, Alan Jefferies, Iris A. Law, Fatima Lim-Wilson, Janet McClaskey, Caitlin Militello, Reid Mitchell, Ceci Mourkogiannis, Alice Tsay, Amy Uyematsu and Steve Wing.

We would like to thank our guest editor Bob Bradshaw for his help putting the issue together. He generously devoted his time and insights to help us choose the poetry and prose.

We would also like to point out that this issue was the first to feature our expanded book review section, run by our Reviews Editor Eddie Tay. We are hoping to continue to build this section in the future, so if you have a book you would like reviewed or you would like to review a book, please contact Eddie at eddie@asiancha.com.

Finally, our eighth issue is due out in August of this year. We are happy to announce that writer Royston Tester has agreed to help us read the submissions. The deadline for the issue is July 1st. If you have a piece you think would be right for Cha, please do not hesitate to submit.

We hope that you enjoy the issue.

Tammy Ho & Jeff Zroback
The Editors
Cha
http://www.asiancha.com/

Jee Leong Koh in Foundling Review

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Jee Leong Koh's poem "Childhood Punishments", first published in Karthika Review, is now reprinted in the second issue of Foundling Review. The poem was nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize.

Jee Leong Koh's poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.

Meet Leung Ping Kwan in Macau

If you are in Macau or will visit Macau on Saturday 23rd May 2009, do visit 瘋堂斜巷十號 創意園 to meet Cha contributor Leung Ping-Kwan, have a drink and meet other writers/readers from Macau Story Association!

Leung Ping-kwan's poetry has been published in issue #1 of Cha.

Jee Leong Koh in Ganymede

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Jee Leong Koh has three new poems published in the fourth issue of Ganymede. Check them out here.

Jee Leong Koh's poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.

Lyn Lifshin interviewed by Jane Crown

Cha contributor Lyn Lifshin will be interviewed by Jane Crown at Jane Crown's Poetry Radio today (Sunday 17 May 2009). Find out more about the programme here.

Lyn Lifshin's poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha

Sushma Joshi's book longlisted for the FOC Award

Great news! Cha contributor Sushma Joshi's book of short stories The End of the World, has been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2009. Other books on the list include Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes (Faber and Faber Limited) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck (Fourth Estate LTD).

Sushma feels that it is an honor to be on the same list as these writers whose work she loves.

Congratulations and good luck, Sushma! Cha editors are very happy for you!

Sushma Joshi's fiction has been published in issue #3 of Cha.

Marina Ma in Kritya

Marina Ma's poem "Surviving Jarkata 1998" was also published in Kritya: A Journal of Poetry(India: March 2009 Vol. 4 Part 9). CHA editors really like the poem too!

Marina Ma's poetry was published in issue #3 of Cha.

Marina Ma and Lyn Lifshin in River Poets Journal

Marina Ma's poem "Surviving Jarkata 1998" is published in the Spring 2009 issue of River Poets Journal, p. 16. CHA contributor Lyn Lifshin's new poem "Didn't You As Odd As It Sounds" is also published in the same issue, p. 11. Download the new issue here.

• Lyn Lifshin's poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha
• Marina Ma's poetry was published in issue #3 of Cha.

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Lyn Lifshin in the New York Quarterly

Lyn Lifshin's poem "Twins in Auschwitz" is now published in issue #65 of The New York Quarterly.

Lyn Lifshin's poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha

Lyn Lifshin in Ginosko

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Lyn Lifshin's poem "White Trees in the Distance" is now published in issue#8 of Ginosko. You can download the PDF on the journal website.

Lyn Lifshin's poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha

Gillian Sze in Ricepaper

Gillian Sze has new works in the new issue (14.2) of Ricepaper. Check it out!

Gillian Sze's poetry has been published in issue #5 and issue #6 of Cha. She will be the guest editor of the February 2010 issue (issue#10) of the journal.

Philip Holden's story in CHA selected for Best of the Web 2009

Good news! Philip Holden's story, "Two Among Many", first published in issue #4 of CHA: An Asian Literary Journal, has been selected for publication in Best of the Web 2009.

Cha contributor Arlene Ang also has two pieces selected for Best of the Web 2009: "I'm Not Supposed to Wear This Gorilla Costume" (published in Juked) and "Alopecia and the grizzly bear" (published in Arsenic Lobster).

Congratulations, Philip and Arlene!

• Arlene Ang's poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha.
• Philip Holden's fiction was published in issue #4 of Cha.

May Poetry in Nth Position

The May 2009 issue of Nthposition is now live. Read a very fine selection of poetry here, selected by Todd Swift.

Todd Swift's poetry has been published in issue #2 and issue #3 of Cha.

Mascara Poetry presents Metaphors of Space

Concelebratory Shoehorn Review 28

Issue#28 of Concelebratory Shoehorn Review (editor: Maurice Oliver) is now online. Read poetry by Corinne Lee, Dave Syyrie, Kimberly Burwick, Robert Bohm, Jill Chan, Charles Potts, J. Andrew Lockhart, and Ren Powell. Also included in this issue is photography of Carola Lundmark and art of Christopher Stott.

Maurice Oliver's poetry has been published in issue #3 of Cha.

CHA contributors in QLRS

Asian Cha contributors Arthur Leung, Cyril Wong and Lee Yew Leong each has poems published in the April 2009 issue of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. Read Arthur's poems "Rumours" and "Mahjong Table Conversation", Cyril's "Landscape" and Yew Leong's "Stopped Car" in the new issue of QLRS.

The poetry editor of QLRS is Toh Hsien Min, also an Asian Cha contributor.

• Read Arthur Leung's Cha profile.
• Cyril Wong's poetry was published in issue#1 of Cha.
• Yew Leong Lee's short story "The Disappearance" was published in the February 2009 issue (issue#6) of Cha.
• Toh Hsien Min's poems were published in issue#5 of Cha.

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