Cha contributors in Mascara Literary Review

Read Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s “Journey” and “Paranormal Panorama” and Ivy Alvarez’s “The secret sister” and “The Museum of Inexplicable History” in the new issue of Mascara Literary Review. Also in the issue is Paul Sharrad’s review of Michelle Cahill’s Vishvarūpa and Carol Chan’s review of Jee Leong Koh’s Seven Studies for a Self Portrait.

  • See Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s Cha profile.
  • See Ivy Alvarez’s Cha profile.
  • Michelle Cahill’s poetry was published in issue #2 of Cha.
  • Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.

Jee Leong Koh, Lyn Lifshin and Nicholas Y.B. Wong in Pirene’s Fountain

Cha contributors Jee Leong Koh, Lyn Lifshin and Nicholas Y.B. Wong have new works published in the April 2011 issue of Pirene’s Fountain: A Journal of Poetry. Read Jee Leong’s “Sons and Daughters” and “Five Poems”; Lyn’s “Montmartre” and “BUT INSTEAD HAS GONE INTO WOODS”; and Nicholas’s “Land”.


  • Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.
  • Lyn Lifshin’s poems were published in issue 4 and issue 10 of Cha
  • See Nicholas Y.B. Wong’s Cha profile.



Jee Leong Koh in Mascara

Three poems by Jee Leong Koh, “In His Other House”, “The Hospital Life” and “The Bowl”, are now featured on the “New Worlds” section of Mascara Literary Review. Read the poems here.
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Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha.
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Whale Sound



Whale Sound is Nic Sebastian’s project. According to Nic, “My idea is to record and post readings of contemporary poems that affect me in one way or another.” Learn more about Whale Sound here.


Several Cha contributors’ poems have been recorded by Nic. Listen to:

GASPP: a Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose


GASPP: a Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose is an anthology of writing by queer Singapore writers, co-edited by Ng Yi-Sheng with Dominic Chua, Jasmine Seah and Irene Oh. The book features works by several Cha contributors including Cyril Wong, Lee Yew Leong, Koh Jee Leong, O Thiam Chin and Ng Yi-Sheng. More information about the collection can be found here.

GASPP: A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose is reviewed on the Fridae. Reviewer June Lee writes, “[F]or better or verse, GASPP represents the brave voices of contemporary writers who voluntarily identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and otherwise queer in Singapore. […] These voices are a collective gasp that cannot be hushed.” Read the full article.

  • Ng Yi-Sheng’s poetry was published in issue #8 of Cha.
  • Cyril Wong’s poetry was published in issue#1 of Cha.
  • Yew Leong Lee’s short story “The Disappearance” was published in Issue#6 of Cha.
  • Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue#6 of Cha.
  • O Thiam Chin’s short story “Pebbles” was published in Issue #8 of Cha.

Jee Leong Koh in The Shit Creek Review

Jee Leong Koh has several new poems published in Issue 12 of The Shit Creek Review. Read “Childhood Punishments“, “Approaching Thirtyseven“, “Chapter Six: Anal Sex“, “Ten Poems on the Plum Blossom” and “Digging in a bed of guilt, I grow marvelous flowers“. There is also a review of Jee Leong’s Equal to the Earth in the new issue.

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

CHA contributors in the debut issue of The Walnut Literary Review

The first issue of The Walnut Literary Review, a bimonthly online literary journal devoted to writings and the visual arts, is now launched. It features creative works by a number of Cha contributors. Visit the review’s website and read poems by Jee Leong Koh, Ocean Vuong and Yew Leong Lee (Yew Leong translates poems by Jing Siang Hai from Chinese to English) and short fiction by O Thiam Chin.
  • Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue#6 of Cha.
  • Ocean Vuong’s poetry was published in issue#10 of Cha.
  • Yew Leong Lee’s fiction was published in issue#6 of Cha.
  • O Thiam Chin’s short story “Pebbles” was published in Issue #8 of Cha.

CHA contributors in QLRS

The April 2010 issue of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore is now live and Cha contributors Cyril Wong, Toh Hsien Min and Wena Poon have works in it. Read Cyril’s poems “Fire” and “Something“; Hsien Min’s review of David Oliveria’ A Little Travel Story; and Wena’s review of Mary O’Donnell’s The Ark Builders. You can also read a review of Jee Leong Koh’s Equal to the Earth by Nicholas Liu in the issue.