New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Ocean Vuong, Nicholas Y.B. Wong, Ricky Garni, Marc Vincenz and Eddie Tay

Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong's poem "Prayer for the Newly Damned" is now published in the September/October 2012 issue of the American Poetry Review.  

|| 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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Nicholas Y.B. Wong

Nicholas Y.B. Wong's "Privilege of Morning" is included in the latest edition of the Notre Dame Review. While you can't read the poem online, you can read "Ode to Objects", "Mirr-man-or" and "Epoch of Metallic Migration", which are available are available on the nd[re]view website (the online companion of the Notre Dame Review). Read the three poems and Nicholas's commentary here.

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

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Ricky Garni

Two poems by Ricky Garni, "Be Prepared" and "It's Not A Cat's World", are published in the August 2012 issue of Subliminal Interiors. Which one do you like more? 

|| Ricky Garni's poem "Literal Translation of Korean Ideograms" was published in Issue #16 of Cha and creatively responded on A Cup of Fine Tea. Ricky has a poem forthcoming in the September 2012 issue of the journal.

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Marc Vincenz

Marc Vincenz's poems "Yet Another Reincarnation" and "Apples" are published in issue 55 of Tears in the Fence. The issue is a 176 page bumper issue and features the work of many talented writers and poets. Learn more about Tears in the Fence here. 

||  See Marc Vincenz's Cha profile. 

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Eddie Tay

Congratulations to our very own Eddie Tay! His poetry collection The Mental Life of Cities is 1 of 4 books shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize this year. Good luck, Eddie! The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony later this year.

Leonard Ng's This Mortal World, which we reviewed in Cha, is also on the shortlist.

|| Eddie Tay is Reviews Editor of Cha.

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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: Dena Rash Guzman, Craig Santos Perez, Marc Vincenz, W.F. Lantry and Ocean Vuong

Dena Rash Guzman

Read Dena Rash Guzman's poem "Bad Had God" in ink node.

Dena Rash Guzman's poetry was published in Issue #15 and Issue #16 of Cha.

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Craig Santos Perez

Craig Santos Perez's poem "Does Huam Suck?" is published in the latest issue of VOLT. This is a poem from Craig's fourth, unwritten book. 

Craig Santos Perez's review was been published in issue #9 of Cha.

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Marc Vincenz

 Marc Vincenz's poem "Psychotropics" , previous published in Pull of the Gravitons (Right Hand Pointing, 2012), is featured on October Babies. 
Read Marc Vincenz's Cha profile.

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W.F. Lantry

W.F. Lantry's small poem, "Exchange", which concerns the gifts of Spring, and other things, is now available at Extract(s), your daily dose of literature. 

Read W.F. Lantry's Cha profile.   

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Ocean Vuong

 A Pocket Broadside (i.e. literature that fits in your pocket!) by Ocean Vuong — a miniature poem titled "Mother Tongue" — is now available on Lantern Review and Kartika Review's Tumblr. To see all of the Pocket Broadsides they've posted so far, visit the project's website. 

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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New updates on 3 Cha contributors: O Thiam Chin, Chris Galvin and Ocean Vuong

O Thiam Chin

Congratulations to O Thiam Chin! His short story collection The Rest of Your Life and Everything that Comes with It, reviewed in the current issue of Cha, has been longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize (€25,000). Other longlisted writers include Don DeLillo, Jackie Kay and Joyce Carol Oates. You can see the full list here. 

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

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Chris Galvin

Chris Galvin's flash fiction "For the Love of Mushrooms" is now featured in the April edition of Tuck Magazine.
Chris Galvin's creative non-fiction was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong's poem "In Defense of Dancing" is published in Guernica. 

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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Ocean Vuong in Connotation Press

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Three new poems by Ocean Vuong, "My Brother’s Ghost Returns", "Beginning Again" and "Getting it Wrong", are now published in Connotation Press. Read these poems and an interview with Ocean by Mari L’Esperance here.
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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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Ocean Vuong in THRUSH

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Ocean Vuong's poem "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" is published in the inaugural issue of THRUSH Poetry Journal. Read it here.

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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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Ocean Vuong and the One Pause Poetry Project.

Ocean Vuong has three poems recorded for the One Pause Poetry Project. He read an original poem, a poem for children, and one from another poet (Ocean chose Linh Dinh's "Borderless Body"). You can listen to the recordings here. 

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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.

Ocean Vuong in [Pank] 6

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Ocean Vuong has new work featured in [Pank] 6. Learn more about the print issue and how to get a copy here.

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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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Ocean Vuong's interview in The Collagist

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Ocean Vuong's poem "Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome" was published in the November 2011 issue of The Collagist. There is now an interview with him about the poem here. 

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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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Ocean Vuong in The Nervous Breakdown

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Ocean Vuong's poem "More Than Sex" is now published in The Nervous Breakdown. Read it here.

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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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Ocean Vuong in THRUSH

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Ocean Vuong's poem "Crepuscular" is published in the inaugural issue of THRUSH Poetry Journal. Read it here.

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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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Ocean Vuong in The Collagist

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Ocean Vuong's new poem "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" is now published in the November 2011 issue of The Collagist. Read it here.

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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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Ocean Vuong in Verse Daily

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Ocean Vuong's poem "In Defense of Poverty" is featured on Verse Daily. Read it here.

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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.

Ocean Vuong in Vinyl Poetry

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Ocean Vuong's poem "Self-Portrait as Jeffrey Dahmer" is now published in Vol. 3 of Vinyl Poetry. Dahmer was 'a notorious serial killer and cannibal'.

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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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Ocean Vuong in diode

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Ocean Vuong's poems "To Love Well", "Departure", "My Mother Remembers Her Mother" and "In Defense of Poverty" are now published in the Winter 2011 issue of diode. Read the poems here.

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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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Lunar New Year Mouth to Mouth Open Mic: Kelly Tsai and Ocean Vuong

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From their website:

2011 is starting off with a bang! We're ushering in the new year with a Mouth to Mouth Open Mic featuring activist and spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and poet Ocean Vuong. So, come, bring a friend, and be ready to get your socks rocked off by poetry.

More information here.
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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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Lantern Review reviews Ocean Vuong's Burnings

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Kevin Minh Allen of Lantern Review has written a review of Ocean Vuong's first chapbook of poetry Burnings. You can read the review here.
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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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Ocean Vuong's live reading and interview

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Ocean Vuong will be doing a live reading and interview via The Blood-Jet Writing Hour this Wednesday at 1PM Eastern time. The live broadcast is available for free here and you can listen to the archived segment after it airs here. More information here.

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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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Ocean Vuong's Burnings is out

Congratulations to Ocean, whose first poetry chapbook Burnings is now available from Sibling Rivalry Press. You can purchase a copy here. 

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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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Ocean Vuong's Burnings

This post was originally posted on 30th October, 2010.

Ocean Vuong's Burnings will be released on 15th November 2010. Ocean talks about his forthcoming 43-page chapbook in this blog post.

Also watch Ocean's promotional video of the book:  

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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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