New Updates on 5 Cha contributors: Ricky Garni, Donna Vorreyer, Christopher Anthony Leibow, Bob Bradshaw and Murli Melwani

Ricky Garni

Ricky Garni's four new poems "Well If That's The Way It Must Be, OK", "Stroll by Numbers", "Magic" and "1961" are now published in the latest edition of Softblow.

|| Ricky Garni's poem "Literal Translation of Korean Ideograms" was published in Issue #16 of Cha and was creatively responded on A Cup of Fine Tea. His poem "Tarsier" was published in Issue #18 of Cha,

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Donna Vorreyer

Donna Vorreyer has two new poems, "Bringing in the Sheaves" and "Mailing a Snowflake", featured in the Fall 2012 issue of Apple Valley Review. 

|| Donna Vorreyer's poetry was published in Issue #17 of Cha. 

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Christopher Anthony Leibow

A poem by Christopher Anthony Leibow , "Abandon", has been translated into Crimean Tartar and published in Nazar Look. You can read the original and the translation as well as an interview with Christopher, alongside with some of his art pieces here.

|| Christopher Anthony Leibow's artwork was published in Issue #17 of Cha. 

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Bob Bradshaw

Bob Bradshaw's poem "Visiting Mother's Grave" is now available in the August 2012 issue of Drowning in My Own Fears.

|| Read Bob Bradshaw's Cha profile.

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Murli Melwani

Murli Melwani's real life story about his father, "An Exile All His Life", is now available in Under the Banyan Tree.

|| Murli Melwani's fiction "Freezing Time" was published in Issue #18 of Cha.

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New updates on 4 Cha contributors: Lyn Lifshin, Bernard Henrie, Anna Yin and Sumana Roy

Lyn Lifshin and Bernard Henrie

The Spring 2012 issue of Apple Valley Review is now available and Cha contributors Lyn Lifshin and Bernard Henrie have new poetry in the issue. Read Lyn's "222 Jackson Ave" and Bernard's short poem "I Walk Fast Like a Man Switching Trains".

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

Bernard Henrie's poetry was published in Issue 9 of Cha and is forthcoming in Issue #15 of Cha.

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Anna Yin

Congratulations to Anna Yin. Her poem "Early Spring" won Prize Poem's March contest. 
Anna Yin's poem "Raspberries", published in the November 2009 issue of Cha, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Read "A cup of fine tea: Anna Yin's "Raspberries" here.

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Sumana Roy

Sumana Roy's art review "Tagore at the Traffic Signal" is featured in the latest issue of The Caravan.  

Read Sumana Roy's Cha profile.

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