• Across the Water by Alistair Noon

    Across the Water, a new e-chapbook by Alistair Noon (published by Mimesis Poetry) is available here.– – Alistair Noon’s poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue #2 of Cha. His poem “The Expat Partner: An Email” is analysed here.

  • Bob Bradshaw and Nicholas Y.B. Wong are Poetry Reviewers for Sotto Voce Magazine

    Bob Bradshaw and Nicholas Y.B. Wong are now poetry reviewers for Sotto Voce Magazine. Read Bob Bradshaw’s Cha profile. Read Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s Cha profile.

  • The Kingsbury Tales by Ouyang Yu

    The Kingsbury Tales is a collection of poetry by Ouyang Yu and published by Brandl & Schlesinger. In this book, Kingsbury is where the poet has been based since he came from the People’s Republic of China in 1991, the…

  • New Nepal, New Voices Co-edited by Sushma Joshi

    New Nepal, New Voices, co-edited by Sushma Joshi and published by Rupa Publications, has recently been launched. Some reviews of the book:1) “To Cut a Long Story Short“2) “Anglicized Portraits” (see below) Editors Sushma Joshi and Ajit Baral explain in…

  • Nutley Pond by Lyn Lifshin

    Nutley Pond, a new poetry collection by Lyn Lifshin, published by Goose River Press, is now available. In the book, Lifshin takes us through shifting seasons at the water’s edge. She moves from winter in the ebony cove to spring…

  • Cha: An Asian Literary Journal in 34th Parallel

    Cha appears on pp. 62-63 of the latest issue of 34th Parallel (September 2008). Thank you, 34th Parallel! – –

  • Reality Dreams by Ouyang Yu

    Reality Dreams by Ouyang Yu and published by Picaro Press is now available. What is reality? What are dreams? What are reality dreams or dream realities? The poems collected in Reality Dreams are a profound exploration into the borderlands of…

  • Cha: An Asian Literary Journal Mentioned in South China Morning Post

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  • Hong Kong Poet Shines

    As mentioned earlier, Hong Kong poet Arthur Leung won third prize (£500) in the inaugural Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition for his poem “What the Pig Mama Says”. Leung is the only Asian who took home a prize from the…

  • Lost in the Fog by Lyn Lifshin

    Lyn Lifshin‘s poetry collection Lost in the Fog, to be published by Finishing Line Press, is now available for pre-order. The poems in Lost in the Fog are about the blue collar $13,000 weanling and $18,000 yearling that got his…