New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Leanne Dunic, O Thiam Chin, Ouyang Yu, Toh Hsien Min and Wendy Xu

Leanne Dunic, O Thiam Chin, Ouyang Yu, Toh Hsien Min

It is always exciting to read a new issue of QLRS. In the current issue, you can read "Our Greatest Years Have Passed Like Flowers", a poem by Leanne Dunic;  "The Years", a short story by O Thiam Chin; "A Room for Three", a short story by Ouyang Yu; and a review by Toh Hsien Min. Read the entire new issue of QLRS here.

|| Leanne Dunic's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha.

|| O Thiam Chin's short story "Pebbles" was published in Issue #8 of Cha.

|| Ouyang Yu's poem "Bad English" was published in issue #4 of Cha and analysed on A Cup of Fine Tea.

|| Toh Hsien Min's poetry was published in issue #5 of Cha.

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Wendy Xu

Wendy Xu in the new edition of Connotation Press - "Reasons People Go to the Theatre", "Unapologetic Poem" and "Something Else Is Burning So You Don't Have To". There is also an interview with Wendy. 

|| Wendy Xu's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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New updates on 6 Cha contributors: Patrick Donnelly, Mag Tan Yee Mei, Vinita Agrawal, Wendy Xu, Nicolette Wong and Dena Rash Guzman

Patrick Donnelly

Patrick Donnelly's "In Which I Explain Why I Set the Fire" and "Poem Contradicting the Previous Poem" are now published in Plume. Read the poems here. There was no fire. There was never any fire.

||  Patrick Donnelly and Stephen D. Miller's poetry was published in issue #8 of Cha.

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Mag Tan Yee Mei and Vinita Agrawal 

Mag Tan Yee Mei's two stories "The Musician and the Muse" and "The Lampblacker" and Vinita Agrawal's poem "Thoughts" are now available in the latest issue of Fox Chase Review. 

|| See Mag Tan's Cha profile. 
|| Vinita Agrawal's poetry was published in Issue #16 and Issue #17 of Cha.


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Wendy Xu

Three poems by Wendy Xu - "YOU THINK YOU ARE SOMETHING LESS REAL THAN YOU ARE", "WE ARE BOTH SURE TO DIE" and "WE ARE BOTH SURE TO DIE" - are now published in the new edition of Diagram. 

|| Wendy Xu's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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Nicolette Wong and Dena Rash Guzman

Nicolette Wong's "The Runaway Conductor" and Dena Rash Guzman's "Pages Apocalypse" and "Moon Baby Eats Lunch In Shanghai" are included in the September 2012 issue of Thrush Poetry Journal. 

|| Nicolette Wong's short stories were published in Issue #1 and Issue #6 of Cha.
|| Dena Rash Guzman's poetry was published in Issue #15 and Issue #16 of Cha.


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New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Wendy Xu, Nicholas Y.B. Wong, W.F. Lantry, Alistair Noon and Rumjhum Biswas

Wendy Xu 

"I WAS NOT EVEN BORN WHEN YOU BECAME AN EXPERT", a poem co-written by Wendy Xu and Nick Sturm, is published in the Summer 2012 issue of Birdfeast. You know, we are all made of very small particles...

|| Wendy Xu's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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Nicholas Y.B. Wong

Nicholas Y.B. Wong's poem "Buddha’s Public Lecture: Who is Afraid of Ai" is now available in the fourth issue of Buddhist Poetry Review. How much do you know about the Chinese word 'love'?

|| Read Nicholas Y.B. Wong's Cha's profile here.

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W.F. Lantry

W.F. Lantry's topical poem "Derecho", which concerns the recent storm, is now published in The New Verse News. Yes, and even now butterflies resume their dance...

|| Read W.F. Lantry's Cha profile.

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Alistair Noon

Alistair Noon's Earth Records and three other publications are extensively, intensively and generously (stealing Alistair's words) reviewed by Peter Riley at The Fortnightly Review. I am so glad to see this review - I am a big fan of TFR! 

|| Alistair Noon's poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue #2 of Cha. His poem "The Expat Partner: An Email" is discussed here.

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Rumjhum Biswas

Two pieces of work by Rumjhum Biswas were featured in the June 2012 issue of Spark. Read Rumjhum's flash story "Rainbow" and poem "The Day Heaven Came Down". What to do when Heaven came down / and scoop you up / in copious soft-as-cloud arms?

|| See Rumjhum Biswas's Cha profile. 

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New updates on 4 Cha contributors: Nicholas Wong, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Wendy Xu and W. F. Lantry

Nicholas Wong

Nicholas Wong has a new poem in The Pinch. The piece, "Meditations on How to Break up with my Sick Boyfriend", is the poem of the month on the site. Another poem by Nick is forthcoming in the Fall 2012 print issue.  

|| See Nicholas Wong's Cha's profile here.

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Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Wendy Xu

A new issue of Drunken Boat is out! Read Fiona Sze-Lorrain's translation of Yang Jian's poems "Winter Day" and "Ancient Mansion" and Wendy Xu's "Ruptured Heart Theory" in the issue.

|| Fiona Sze-Lorrain's poetry was published in Issue 12 of Cha and her book Water The Moon is reviewed in the same issue.
|| Wendy Xu's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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W. F. Lantry

Congratulations to W.F. Lantry! He has won The Linnet's Wings inaugural prize for poetry, in audio with the poem "Ocotillo Wells", from his chapbook Journey to the Interior. Learn more about The Linnet's Wings and the prize here.

|| Read W.F. Lantry's Cha profile.

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New updates on 6 Cha contributors: Alistair Noon, Wendy Xu, Greg Santos, Marc Vincenz, Luisa A. Igloria and Kristine Ong Muslim

Alistair Noon

Two poems by Alistair Noon are published in the latest issue of World Literature Today. Have a look here. 

Alistair Noon's poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue #2 of Cha. His poem "The Expat Partner: An Email" is discussed here.

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Wendy Xu

Four poems by Wendy Xu are published in the latest issue of Red Lightbulbs. Read "We Are Both Sure to Die", "We are Both Sure to Die", "This Year I Mean to be an Elephant" and "Wow is What I Want" here. 

Wendy Xu's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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Greg Santos

A selection of "Google Autocomplete" poems Greg Santos compiled appeared on Internet Poetry. Check out, for example, THIS and THIS. 

Greg Santos's poem "Siem Reap, Cambodia" was published in issue #10 of Cha and discussed here.

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Marc Vincenz

Marc Vincenz's poem "Ante Perpetuum", first published in Pull of the Gravitons (Right Hand Pointing), is now on October Babies.

Read Marc Vincenz's Cha profile.

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Luisa A. Igloria

Luisa A. Igloria's poem "Lineage" is part of "Crossing the Country Line by Line", the project of YARN: Young Adult Review Network celebrating national poetry month. 

Luisa A. Igloria's poetry was published in issue #2 and issue #8 of Cha.

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Kristine Ong Muslim

Read an interview with Kristine Ong Muslim in the latest issue of JMWW. There is also a review of Kristine's Night Fish in the edition.
Kristine Ong Muslim's poetry was published in issue #9 of Cha and her poem "Preface to a Pornographer's Dirty Book" is discussed here.

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Wendy Xu in Vinyl Poetry

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Wendy Xu's poem "Please Stand A While Longer In The Vast, Amazing Dark" is now published in the fifth volume of Vinyl Poetry. Read it here.

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Wendy Xu's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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Wendy Xu in Radioactive Moat

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Wendy Xu and Nick Strum have three poems in Radioactive Moat: "I Was Not Even Born When You Invented Parties", "I Was Not Even Born When You Covered Me In Leaves" and "I Was Not Even Born When You Dreamt Of Open Water".

Wendy Xu's poetry was published in Issue #16 of Cha.

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Wendy Xu in jellyfish

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Wendy Xu's poem "Several Altitudes of Not Talking" is published in the fifth issue of jellyfish.

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Wendy Xu's poetry will appear in the March 2012 issue of Cha.

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