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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Updates on 8 contributors: Arthur Leung, Daryl Yam, Cyril Wong, Ivy Alvarez, Marc Vincenz, Rumjhum Biswas, Dena Rash Guzman and Kristine Ong Muslim

Arthur Leung, Daryl Yam and Cyril Wong

The new issue of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore is now available! Read Arthur Leung's "Chicken Rice in Singapore" (a reinterpretation of Leung Ping-kwan's Chinese poem), Daryl Yam's stories "It's Not Valid" and "Love Is A Killer" and Cyril Wong's regular column, Acid Tongue - this time the topic is "More things wrong in American poetry". There is also a review of Chris Mooney-Singh's The Bearded Chameleon by David Fedo in the new issue. 

|| See Arthur Leung's Cha profile.
|| Daryl Yam's poetry is forthcoming in Issue #17 of Cha.
|| Cyril Wong's poetry was published in Issue#1 of Cha. 
|| Chris Mooney-Singh's poetry was published in Issue #2 of Cha.

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Ivy Alvarez

Ivy Alvarez's poem "An Unidentified Man" is published in the April 2012 issue of Our Own Voice.   

|| See Ivy Alvarez's Cha profile. 

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Marc Vincenz

A Russian translation of Marc Vincenz's poem, "Taishan Mountain", translated by Jenya Krein, is published in the new issue of the Russian-language literary journal OKNO. Scroll to the bottom of the page to read/see the poem in Russian. You can also read the English original and Marc's discussion of it on the Lantern Review blog. 

|| See Marc Vincenz's Cha profile.

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Rumjhum Biswas

Rumjhum Biswas's poem "Last Night I Dreamed of Valpolicella" is available on Every Day Poets.

 || See Rumjhum Biswas's Cha profile. 

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Dena Rash Guzman

Read Dena Rash Guzman's discussion of Zachary Schomburg's video poem "Your Limbs Will Be Torn Off In a Farm Accident" on The Rumpus. It's a beautiful poem and Dena's personal take on it is equally beautiful.

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

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Kristine Ong Muslim

Kristine Ong Muslim's poem "The Half-Butterfly" is available in Punchnel's.  

|| 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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