Cha's March 2013 Issue (#20) Launch Reading at AWP

There will be a launch reading for the March 2013 issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal at AWP. The event will be hosted by guest editors Kaitlin Solimine and Marc Vincenz and co-hosted by the Fairbank Center forChinese Studies at Harvard University.

Feature readings by past and current Cha contributors Eleanor Goodman, Bill Lantry, Kim Liao, Mai Mang (Yibing Huang), Tracy Slater, Marc Vincenz, and Nicholas YB Wong. 

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New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Xu Xi, Kirpal Singh, Ira Sukrungruang, Eleanor Goodman and Mia Ayumi Malhotra

Xu Xi, Kirpal Singh and Ira Sukrungruang 

Writers from all over the world are coming to Hong Kong for the City University MFA summer residency. If you are in the city this month (21-28 July), make sure to come to hear the readings and lectures. Speakers include Cha contributors Xu Xi (director of the CityU MFA), Kirpal Singh and Ira Sukrungruang. Full details here.

|| Xu Xi's creative non-fiction was published in issue #6 of Cha.

|| Kirpal Singh contributed a book review to issue #9 of Cha.

||  Ira Sukrungruang's poetry has been published in issue #9 of Cha.  

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Eleanor Goodman

In the new issue of Cerise Press, Eleanor Goodman reviews Derek Mong's Other Romes.  

|| Eleanor Goodman's poetry and translation were published inIssue 14 of Cha.

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Mia Ayumi Malhotra

Two poems by Mia Ayumi Malhotra, "He shows the child" and "A History of Grandmother", are published in the Winter 2012 issue of diode. Try filling in the blanks: I wishes to write about an important person in her life but cannot do so without saying ________ or ________. 

|| Mia Ayumi Malhotra's poetry was published in issue #15 of Cha. 



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New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Marc Vincenz, Mani Rao, Eleanor Goodman, Grace V. S. Chin and Rumjhum Biswas

Marc Vincenz, Mani Rao and Eleanor Goodman

The April 2012 issue of Asymptote is now available and you can read Marc Vincenz's Mani Rao's and Eleanor Goodman's work in it.

|| Read Marc Vincenz's Cha profile. 

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

|| Eleanor Goodman's poetry and translation were published in Issue 14 of Cha.

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Grace V. S. Chin

In the Spotlight: Bruneian Plays in English, an anthology edited by Grace V. S. Chin, is now published! Learn more about the book here.

|| Grace V. S. Chin's poetry was published in Issue #4 and Issue #5 of Cha. Her poem "Clotheslines" was discussed on A Cup of Fine Tea. 

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Rumjhum Biswas

 Congratulations to Rumjhum Biswas! Her short story "The Well" has been named the winner of Anam Cara Short Fiction Competition. The judge Vanessa Gebbie has the following to say about Rumjhum's work: "I thought the interpretation of the theme was great - slightly off-centre, unexpected and original. So many congratulations to the writer". Rumjhum has won a place on Vanessa Gebbie's short fiction retreat. Learn more about the competition and other winning stories here. 

|| See Rumjhum Biswas's Cha profile. 

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Cha's 2012 Pushcart Prize Nominations (Part I)

Also see Part II.

We at Cha would like to announce our nominations for the 2012 Pushcart Prize: 

Divya Rajan, "Ode to Poetry" (Issue #13, February 2011).

Sumana Roy, "Love: Made in China" (Issue #14, July 2011).

Eleanor Goodman, "Sanctum" (Issue #14, July 2011).

Congratulations to the above nominees. We wish you the best of luck and thank you for letting us publish your wonderful work.

Thank you, Arthur Leung (Poetry Guest Editor, Issue #13) and Yibing Huang (Guest Editor, Issue #14), for their suggestions.

Three more pieces from the fourth anniversary issue of Cha, due out at the end of November 2011, were also nominated. They will be revealed when that issue goes live.

Also see our Best of the Net nominations this year.
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