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: Kristine Ong Muslim, Ocean Vuong, W.F. Lantry and Alistair Noon

Kristine Ong Muslim

Kristine Ong Muslim's story "Moonman" is now published in the April 2012 issue of Phantasmacore. 

|| 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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Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong's poem "Despite Everything, My Dancers" is published in Issue #25 (The Generation Issue) of Hyphen. Read the poem here and learn more about the issue here.

|| Ocean Vuong's poem "Paramour" was published in issue#10 of Cha; the poem has been nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010.

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W.F. Lantry

 Read W.F. Lantry's review of Lisa Viho's The Accidental Present in the latest issue of The Big Bridge.

|| Read W.F. Lantry's Cha profile.

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Alistair Noon

Alistair Noon's first full-length collection, Earth Records, is due out this month from Nine Arches Press. Alistair is having a book tour to launch the book. He will appear in London (Wed 16 May, Thursday 17 May - the main London launch), Sheffield (Saturday 19 May), Nottingham (Sunday 20 May), Leicester (Monday 21 May) and finally, Berlin (Thursday 24 May - this is the main Berlin launch).

||  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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New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Winne Chau, Nicholas Y.B. Wong, Alistair Noon, Luisa A. Igloria and Marc Vincenz

Winnie Chau and Nicholas Y.B. Wong

Read Winnie Chau's theatre review of Pains of Youth and an interview with Nicholas Y.B. Wong in the latest issue of Time Out Hong Kong.

See Nicholas Wong's Cha's profile here 

Winnie Chau's poem "her story" was published in Issue #4 of Cha

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Alistair Noon

Excerpt from Alistair Noon's "At the Atlantic" can now be read in The Bangor Daily News' Uni-Verse column.  

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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Luisa A. Igloria

 Luisa A. Igloria's tweet poem is featured on NPR's "Tell Me More" show. You can read the story and listen to the audio here. Luisa's poem begins with the line 'Remember when summers'...

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

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Marc Vincenz

Marc Vincenz's poem "For the Shadow Council,", first published in Exquisite Corpse, is now on October Babies. You can also listen to Marc's audio recording of the poem.

Read Marc Vincenz'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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Alistair Noon's "White Water"

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Alistair Noon's poem "White Water", from his recent Longbarrow pamphlet Across the Water, is now up at Rob Hindle's poetry blog. Read the poem here.

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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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Alistair Noon in L I t T e R

Alistair Noon's three poems from Earth Records (forthcoming 2012) are published in L I t T e R. The poems are "The Seafarer Poet in Newcastle", "Hannah Höch at Schloß Charlottenburg, May 1945" and "Memo to Charles Reznikoff in Los Angeles". Read them here.

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

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Alistair Noon's Out of the Cave

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Alistair Noon's Out of the Cave was published by Calder Wood Press in September 2011. You can read some poems from the collection on Peony Moon.

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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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Alistair Noon in Ink Sweat & Tears

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An extract from Alistair Noon's 'Would Passenger Sapho Proceed to Gate 31' is now published in Ink Sweat & Tears. Read it here.

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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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Cha contributors win Best Short Writing in the World 2011

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Congratulations to Robert Masterson. His poignant poem "The Distance Between These Things" wins Fleeting Magazine’s Best Short Writing in the World 2011. Robert will receive a year’s subscription to Stack, a personalised monthly selection of the best independent magazines from the UK, Europe and America.

Marc Vincenz wins third place with his social critique poem "While Facing the Urinal" and he will receive three months' subscription to Stack.

Vineet Kaul and Alistair Noon were finalists.

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Fleeting publishes short fiction and poetry that is daring, erudite, amusing and infectious. They are accepting open submissions now.
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• Robert Masterson's poetry will be featured in the fourth anniversary issue of Cha, due out in November 2011.
• Marc Vincenz's poetry was published in Issue 10 of Cha.
• Vineet Kaul's poetry was published in Issue #13 of Cha.
• 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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Alistair Noon in Blackbox Manifold

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One of Alistair Noon's translations of Osip Mandelstam is now online at the October 2011 issue of Blackbox Manifold. Read "To the German Language" here.

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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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Cha contributors in Horizon Review

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The sixth issue of Salt's Horizon Review is now live and four Cha contributors have new works in it. Read W.F. Lantry's "Periplus", Alistair Noon's "From Earth Records", Todd Swift's "Hunting Party" and "Old Master" and Wena Poon's "Sanjay Patel of Palo Alto California". 

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• W.F. Lantry's poetry was published in Issue #12 and Issue #14 of Cha. 
• 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.
• Todd Swift's poems were published in issue #2, issue #3 and issue #11 of Cha.
• Wena Poon's poem "Copernicus for a Singaporean Grandmother" was published in Issue #10 of Cha and discussed on A Cup of Fine Tea.

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Alistair Noon in Fleeting Magazine

Alistair Noon's new poem "Email from Coleridge in Beijing" is now featured in Fleeting Magazine. Read it here.

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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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Alistair Noon's "Hill with Bunker and Flak Tower"

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You can now read Alistair Noon's poem "Hill with Bunker and Flak Tower" on the Longbarrow Press website. The poem, first published in Gists and Piths, will be included in Alistair's forthcoming pamphlet Swamp Area (revised and expanded from the 2009 Intercapillary Editions online publication. This poem first appeared in Gists and Piths). Click here to listen to Alistair reading "Hill with Bunker and Flak Tower" in Berlin. Nice voice!

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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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Alistair Noon in The Literateur

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Two new poems by Alistair Noon, "Beside the Beltic" and "The Molecule Man", are now published in The Literateur. Check them out here.

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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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Alistair Noon in The Black Herald

Image cover © Emily Richardson 2008 (Still from the film Cobra Mist) Design: Sandrine Duvillier.

Alistair Noon has new work published in the début issue of The Black Herald. Check out this new magazine here. 

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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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Some Questions on the Cultural Revolution

Author photo © Clare Jephcott

Some Questions on the Cultural Revolution is a new chapbook by Alistair Noon. It records the moment when the Chinese People's Congress recognised private property, and carries the reader forward into a very particular and fascinating world opening with the journey told in Memoirs of a Leningrad Sinologist. You can read a sample and purchase a copy of the chapbook here.

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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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Two new chapbooks by Alistair Noon

Author photo © Clare Jephcott

Longbarrow Press is proud to annnounce the publication of:

1. Animals and Places by Alistair Noon (A5, 24pp) £4
2. The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin in a new translation by Alistair Noon (210mm x 112mm, 28pp) £4

You can buy both (for a limited period) for £8 (post free) and you'll also receive a limited print edition of Alistair Noon's essay, 'Dragged Along by a Statue: Translating Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman'. Both titles have been assembled and finished by hand.

Prices are inclusive of UK postage and packing. Please add £1 per title for European orders.

Please make cheques payable to Brian Lewis and send orders to:

Brian Lewis
6 Tenby Close
Swindon
SN3 1LN

Enquiries to brian.lewis@openwork.uk.com

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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.