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 7 Cha contributors: Astha Gupta, Rumjhum Biswas, Ira Sukrungruang, Berit Ellingsen, Sumana Roy and Luisa A. Igloria

Astha Gupta and Rumjhum Biswas

Astha Gupta's poem "Breathprints" (p. 33) is published in the May-June issue of Reading Hour, a highly respected print magazine in India. Astha's poem is also the only one featured in the web sample preview of the issue. Also in the same issue is Rumjhum Biswas's story "Feral" (p. 27). 

|| Astha Gupta's poetry was published in Issue #12 of Cha. 

|| See Rumjhum Biswas's Cha profile. 

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Astha Gupta

Astha Gupta's story "Diffusing Light" has recently been anthologised in a compilation of stories inspired by Rabindranath Tagore. The book is published in British Council and you can learn more about it here. and see a complete list of contributors.

|| Astha Gupta's poetry was published in Issue #12 of Cha. 

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Ira Sukrungruang

Ira Sukrungruang's poem "Dexatrim: An Autobiography" and an Q&A with Ira are now available in Prime Number. Read everything here. 

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

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Berit Ellingsen

Berit Ellingsen's story "Person Ore Heart" is now available in Everyday Genius. It begins with this sentence: "For this story you must believe that the mind is imprisoned inside the body, that the body is separate from the rest of the world, and that the mind’s thoughts make up a whole personality."

|| Read Berit Ellingsen's Cha profile.

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Sumana Roy

Sumana Roy's new poem "Long Distance Relationship" is now published in Livemint. The poem will make you reflect on your own relationships. 

|| See Sumana Roy's Cha profile.

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Luisa A. Igloria

Luisa Igloria's poem "Cuauhtemoc" (p. 247) is published in the latest issue of POETRY. You can read the poem here. 

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

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It's all about MEAD! New updates on 2 Cha contributors: Nicholas Y.B. Wong and Ira Sukrungruang

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Cha former contributor Nicholas Y.B. Wong has joined the editorial team of Mead: The Magazine of Literature and Libations. And Ira Sukrungruang has a new poem in Mead. Read Ira's "Into the Keeping of Men" here.

• Nicholas YB Wong's poem "Panda, Macao, Gondolas", published in Issue #15 of Cha, was nominated for a Pushcart Price. See his Cha's profile here. 
• Ira Sukrungruang's poetry has been published in issue #9 of Cha.

New issue of Sweet

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The 4.2 issue of Sweet: A literary Confection (founding editor: Ira Sukrungruang)  is now available. Read the new issue here.

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

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Ira Sukrungruang in Cedars

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Ira Sukrungruang's sex story "Longevity of Art" is now published in the new online literary magazine, Cedars. Read it here.

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

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Ira Sukrungruang's Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy

Cha contributor Ira Sukrungruang's new book Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy, published by University of Missouri, is now out!

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

Congratulations to Ira Sukrungruang, Semi-Finalist of the 2009 St. Lawrence Book Award

Ira Sukrungruang's The Man with the Buddha Heads is a semin-finalist of the 2009 St. Lawrence Book Award. Visit the Black Lawrence Press website for more details.

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