• Marc Vincenz’s Pull of the Gravitons David Chinot Marc Vincenz’s chapbook Pull of the Gravitons is nowavailable from Right Hand Pointing.  Marc Vincenz is Swiss-British and was born in Hong Kong.His recent books include Upholding Half the Sky(MiPOesias, 2010) and The Propaganda Factory,or Speaking…

  • – 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.–Ocean Vuong’s poem “Paramour” was published…

  • = An interview with Berit Ellingsen about her story “What Girls Really Think” is now available at Pachydermini books. The Pachydermini books is “a series of miniature books (2.5” x 3”) which features stories 300-700 words long each in their very…

  • – – Greg Santos‘s The Emperor’s Sofa is reviewed by Diana Salier at Banango. Read the review here. A review of Greg’s book is also forthcoming in the March 2012 issue of Cha. –– Greg Santos’s poem “Siem Reap, Cambodia”…

  • By Sam Nallen Copley The birth of art Fifty-thousand years ago, a Neanderthal in what became south-eastern Spain took a seashell, coloured it with goethite and fashioned it into a necklace. Life was hard in the Middle Paleolithic Period, and if this…

  • [click the image to enlarge] Description: This contest is run by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. It is for unpublished flash stories in English language on the theme of “Misinterpretation”.  Rules: -Each writer can submit up to two pieces (no…

  • By Tammy Ho and Jeff Zroback “Not To Be Reproduced (Portrait of Edward James)” (1937/) by Rene Magritte  I will do as you ask even though I know that as the Turkish barber is shaving my sideburns with a razor, it…

  • Hawai’i Review has announced the winners of the 2012 Ian MacMillan Writing Awards and congratulations to Nicholas YB Wong! His poem “Ode to Objects” won the second place in the poetry section. Read the judge’s and Nicholas’s comments on the…

  • – Marc Vincenz’s poem “Rangoon” is now up at October Babies. The poem was previously published in Right Hand Pointing. – Read Marc Vincenz’s Cha profile. –

  • Bryan Thao Worra‘s poem “Pen/Sword” is now published in the fourth issue of Lantern Review, edited by Iris A. Law and Mia Ayumi Malhotra. Read Bryan’s poem here and make sure to read the entire issue here! – Bryan Thao…