• Anuradha Vijayakrishnan in Soundzine

    Anuradha Vijayakrishnan’s poems “The Woman Who Once Loved Me” and “Daughter” are now published in Soundzine. You can read them here and listen to Anuradha’s reading. – – Anuradha Vijayakrishnan’s poem “Suicide Note” was published in issue #10 of Cha…

  • Cha in PaperTigers

    Cha makes an appearance in PaperTigers, a multicultural children’s lit website and blog. Our September 2010 issue came to their attention because of its special essay section on children’s writing. Visit PaperTigers here. – –

  • CHA’s Best of the Web Nominations 2011

    Cha‘s nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2011 print anthology are: –“Improv” (fiction) by Drew Calvert, issue #9 November 2009 –“Paramour” (poem) by Ocean Vuong, issue #10 February 2010 –“St. Petersburg Has Many Churches” (poem) by Phill…

  • CHA’s Pushcart Nominations 2011

    Each nominee will receive a handmade dragonfly card from Cha. The cards are made by a former contributor. – *Voting is now closed. Cha co-editors Tammy Ho & Jeff Zroback will nominate the following poems for the Pushcart Prize 2010. There…

  • CHA Issue#12 Goes Live

    Cha: An Asian Literary Journal #12 is HERE. Leave a comment & let us know your thoughts on the issue. We are pleased to announce that the September 2010 issue of Cha has now been launched. We would like to…

  • ASIAN CHA Issue#12 Editorial

    originally posted here The Mortuary and the App In this issue of Cha, we have a special section of essays devoted to picture book authors, curated by our Reviews Editor Eddie Tay. In one of these pieces, “Portrait of a…

  • Rediscovered: two past articles on Cha co-editor

    In 34th Parallel: In Ching Yin:(click the images to enlarge) Both articles were published in 2009. – –

  • Xu Xi explains the multicultural appeal of her latest novel

    Listen to the podcast here. You can also hear Xu Xi read from the novel here. – Habit of a Foreign Sky is Xu Xi’s latest novel, published by Haven Books. The book was a finalist for the Inaugural Man…

  • CHA is in The Hindu

    Today, Cha is in The Hindu, one of the most widely-read English newspapers in India: Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, co-editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, says that the readership of online journals has grown considerably since … ( Read the…

  • Maurice Oliver in Press 1

    Maurice Oliver’s poems “Dung-titled (The Remix)” and “Self-Portrait, Wearing Shoe Lifts” are now published in Press 1. Read them here. Maurice Oliver’s poetry was published in issue #3 of Cha.