New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Nabina Das, Reid Mitchell, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Ricky Garni and Vinita Agrawal

Nabina Das

"Eyes", a short story by Nabina Das, is now available in Open Road Review. A squall gets the power out.

|| Nabina Das's poetry was published in Issue #10 of Cha.

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Reid Mitchell

"Sea Shells", a new poem by Reid Mitchell, is featured in Reprint Poetry. What if the circus arrives?

|| Read Reid Mitchell's Cha profile.
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Mia Ayumi Malhotra

Mia Ayumi Malhotra's  "[A MECHANICAL BEEPING FILLS THE SPACE]" is available in DIAGRAM. A woman touches her eyes with a white tissue.

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

Ricky Garni's poem "Barbara Stanwyck" is available in Commas and Colons. Would do anything to please a man.

 || Ricky Garni's poem "Literal Translation of Korean Ideograms" was published in Issue #16 of Cha and was creatively responded on A Cup of Fine Tea. His poem "Tarsier" was published in Issue #18 of Cha and was discussed on A Cup of Fine Tea.

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Vinita Agrawal

Vinita Agrawal's poem "Mortakka"is included in the anthology entitled The Poetry of Yoga, which was released to mark the special date of 12/12/12 by One Community. More information about The Poetry of Yoga can be found here. Half the proceeds from the book will go to One Community. 

 || Vinita Agrawal's poetry was published in Issue #16 and Issue #17 of Cha.

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New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Ricky Garni, Nicholas Y.B. Wong, W.F. Lantry, Marc Vincenz and Kristine Ong Muslim

Ricky Garni

Ricky Garni's delightful poem "Wednesday", first published in his collection The Eternal Journals of Crispy Flotilla, is now reprinted in the newly-designed Reprint Poetry.  

||  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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Nicholas Y.B. Wong

reNicholas Y.B. Wong's poem "An Incredibly Brief Morning Directory to the City", which appropriates a number of Tang poems, is now available in the new issue of Poecology.

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

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W.F. Lantry

W.F. Lantry's personal and fun essay, "Jewels, Blood and Beeswax", is up at Stymie Magazine. Bill's essay is part of their Why I Write series. 

||  Read W.F. Lantry's Cha profile.

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Marc Vincenz

Marc Vincenz's poems "Inflation Goosed" and "The Ex-wife" are now available in On Barcelona. 

||  See Marc Vincenz's Cha profile. 

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Kristine Ong Muslim

Congratulations to Kristine Ong Muslim! Her new poetry collection, Grim Series (Popcorn Press), is now published! You can learn more about this book and read some sample excerpts from Kristine's website.

||  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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New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Nicolette Wong, Bob Bradshaw, John McKernan, Marc Vincenz and W.F. Lantry

Nicolette Wong

Nicolette Wong's four prose poems, "The Glassblower", "Hinamatsuri", "Treehouse" and "Pith", are published in Escape Into Life. Read them here.

|| Nicolette Wong's short stories were published in Issue #1 and Issue #6 of Cha.
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Bob Bradshaw

Bob Bradshaw's poem "Soon", previously published in Mannequin Envy, is now available in Reprint Poetry. The poem describes a haunting picnic experience and contains this very lovely line: 'his kisses more memorable than any sermon'.

||  Read Bob Bradshaw's Cha profile.

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John McKernan

John McKernan's poem "Why Do You Write These Poems?" is featured in Issue #22 of Emprise Review. Actually / I am not writing this poem / I am erasing it...

|| John McKernan's poetry was published in Issue #15 of Cha and is forthcoming in the June 2012 issue.  His poem"We Used Chalk" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2012.  
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Marc Vincenz

Marc Vincenz's poem "Wolfboy" can now be read on October Babies. The poem was previously published in Brink Magazine.

 || See Marc Vincenz's Cha profile. 
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W.F. Lantry

W.F. Lantry's poem "Remembrance" is now published in the June 2012 issue of Flutter Poetry.

 || Read W.F. Lantry's Cha profile.

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New updates on 4 Cha contributors: Christopher Leibow, Nicholas Y.B. Wong, Kaitlin Solimine and Jason Lee

Christopher Anthony Leibow

Christopher Anthony Leibow's "I will draw two ravens" (in five poems) is now available in Reprint Poetry, a new publication which is interested in resurrecting previously published poetry.

|| Christopher Anthony Leibow's artwork is forthcoming in the June 2012 issue of Cha. 


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Nicholas Y.B. Wong and Kaitlin Solimine 

Nicholas Y.B. Wong's poems "An Incredibly Brief Morning Directory to the City" (pp. 52-53) and "Mirr-man-or" (pp. 104-105) and Kaitlin Solimine's short story "Flying Lesson" (pp. 84-98) are included in the new edition of Two Thirds North. Download the entire issue here (pdf). 

||  See Nicholas Y.B. Wong's Cha's profile here.
|| Kaitlin Solimine's fiction was published in Issue #14 of Cha.

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Jason Lee

Congratulations to Jason Lee! his poetry manuscript has been shortlisted for the Melita Hume Poery Prize, run by Eyewear Publishing. 

|| Read Jason Lee's Cha profile. His poem "45 Belgrave Square", published in Issue #6 of the journal, was discussed on A Cup of Fine Tea.

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Jee Leong Koh in Reprint Poetry

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Jee Leong Koh's poem "If the Fire Is in Your Apartment", first published in Shit Creek Review, is now featured in Reprint Poetry. 

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Jee Leong Koh's poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.

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Jennifer Wong in Reprint Poetry

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Jennifer Wong's poem "The Last Monologues", first published in Glass, is now featured in Reprint Poetry. 

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Jennifer Wong's poem "Companions" was published in issue #5 of Cha and discussed here. She has also reviewed books for the journal.

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Anna Yin in Reprint Poetry

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Anna Yin's poem "Raspberries", first published in Cha, is now featured in Reprint Poetry. 

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Anna Yin's poem "Raspberries", published in the November 2009 issue of Cha, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Read "A cup of fine tea: Anna Yin's "Raspberries" here.

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Robert E. Wood in Reprint Poetry

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Robert E. Wood's poem "French Movie", first published in Umbrella, is now featured in Reprint Poetry. 

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Read Robert E. Wood's Cha profile. 
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Reid Mitchell in Reprint Poetry

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Reid Mitchell's poem "You Don't Get One Thing Without The Other", first published in ZONE, is now featured in Reprint Poetry, a new publication that focuses entirely on previously published poems. 

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Read Reid Mitchell's Cha profile.

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