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 3 Cha contributors: Alvin Pang, Arjun Rajendran and Vaughan Rapatahana

Alvin Pang

Alvin Pang's When the Barbarians Arrive, a selection of works from his previous five collections, is now available from Arc Publications! The selection ranges from love poems to satirical writing. These are poems that are "wry and shrewd, intelligent and sensitive". They are also "at once recognizably national and international in reach, offering a fresh edgy energy to the wave of urban poetry emerging from Singapore". Learn more about When the Barbarians Arrive here.

|| Alvin Pang's poetry was published in issue #2 of Cha and his photographs were published in issue #12 and issue #16 of the journal.

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Arjun Rajendran

Arjun Rajendran's poems "A reading of Kon-Tiki" and "Memories of Light" are now published in Softblow.

|| Arjun Rajendran's poetry was published in Issue #11 of Cha.


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Vaughan Rapatahana

Two poems by Vaughan Rapatahana are now published in Rem Magazine. 

|| Vaughan Rapatahana's poetry was published in Issue #8 of Cha.

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Sam Byfield in Softblow

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Sam Byfield's new poems "A Christmas Poem", "Beneath a Soppong Sun" and "Southerly Impromptus" are now published in the very elegant Softblow. You can read the poems here.

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Read Sam Byfield's Cha profile.
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Kristine Ong Muslim in Softblow

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Four poems by Kristine Ong Muslim, "P is for Phyllis", "The Gospel of Tango", "Blink Once, Said the Little Town" and "The night he died" are now published in 2010's last edition of Softblow. Read the poems here.

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Kristine Ong Muslim's poetry was published in issue #9 of Cha.

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Michelle Cahill in Softblow

The August 2010 issue of Softblow is now live. Read Michelle Cahill's poems "Autumn", "The Mating Game", "After" and "Joy" here.

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Michelle Cahill's poetry was published in issue #2 of Cha.

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Yew Leong Lee in Softblow

The December 2009 issue of Softblow is now live. Read Yew Leong Lee's poems "The New Madame Bovary", "During French Class" and "Collocational Serendipities".

Yew Leong Lee's short story "The Disappearance" was published in the February 2009 issue (issue#6) of Cha.

Jee Leong Koh in Softblow

The October 2009 issue of Softblow is now live. Read Jee Leong Koh's poems "Cheeks", "Roof of the Mouth, Jaws and the Jaw-hinges", "The Wine Bottle Holder" and "Decorative Figure On An Ornamental Background".

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

Mani Rao in Softblow

Softblow is back! Its September 2009 issue features new poetry by four poets. Read Cha contributor Mani Rao's four new poems "End of Scene", "Sporous", "Shots" and "Bird Union" here. Cha also enjoyed Adam Strauss's poems!

Mani Rao's poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha.