June 25, 2006, 00:15

Peril is a new Asian-Australian website designed to build a critical mass of Asian-Australian art and cultural concerns. Our ambition is to have two core issues…

June 25, 2006, 00:14

Hsu- Ming Teo won the Vogel Award for her first novel “Love and Vertigo” in 1999. She has recently released another novel “Behind the Moon” in 2005. Hea…

June 25, 2006, 00:13

I don’t know any white person who would look at a white nerd and think, ‘why do white people have to be such nerds?’ Nerds: Not good at sport. For …

June 25, 2006, 00:12

In the relationship between Asian and nerd identities, the flipside to the Asian nerd stereotype is the appropriation of Asian popular culture by nerd subcultur…

June 25, 2006, 00:11

is a sewer pipe from America it's staying home forever and falling in love with a computer. It's the story of Hardware Man & Software Girl setting off…

June 25, 2006, 00:10

The English language & Roman alphabet impose severe limits on the art of writing. A number of Western, English-speaking people play a game called "English l…

June 25, 2006, 00:09

I was (I mean I am!) a big fan of fantasy fiction especially when I was younger. I wanted to escape from everyday reality, and fantasy provided the outlet. I al…

June 21, 2006, 00:12

I am at my auntie and uncle's house for dinner. I like visiting Auntie Wei and Uncle Wang. They both love hosting visitors. Auntie Wei is also an outstanding co…

October 21, 2006, 00:15

Welcome to the second issue of Peril - themed "Heroes". We certainly have got a diverse range to offer you this time around, from the Vox Pop that Tseen has …

October 21, 2006, 00:14

Recording of AIYO!!! An evil group of ninjas is entering and destroying a call centre!!! This is a recording of one of the pieces from my current untitle…

October 21, 2006, 00:13

When I first thought about contributing something for this issue of Peril, I did it with an eye towards amalgamating nifty pop culture moments and oh-so-clever …

October 21, 2006, 00:12

One of my role models… encounters with Lisa Bellear Heroes can be anybody; they can come named or anonymous, queer or straight, black or yellow, know m…

October 21, 2006, 00:12

I was very young when my obsession started; sparked by the cartoon version, it intensified with the television series. Every weekend I'd be rendered speechless …

October 21, 2006, 00:11

A poem of word, monologue and dialogue. A poem of movement, song and music. It is a poem of performance. Yellow is not Yellow is about myself and is not about m…

October 21, 2006, 00:10

living at the z extension 34 tho_ning to race or to worry cone i saw in loviewth d_blin man tub my nut au grow me idea fingers fingers fingers & b…

October 21, 2006, 00:09

My father had this sixth sense. He knew when people would die. We were watching a Leslie Cheung film together—a Wong Kar-Wai one with swollen colours, …

October 21, 2006, 00:08

Hero  /'hɪəroʊ'/  n  -roes 1 heroine  /'ˈhɛroʊɪn'/fem. – a someone who is admired for their bravery, goodness, or great ability, esp. someone who h…

October 21, 2006, 00:08

eh! the plane! the plane! come to rescue a princess hoju bihang-gi like silver birds above our skylines over the wires        a plane! a silve…

October 21, 2006, 00:07

song of the water clock at night and other poems for Spring after Li Yu. Responses by Christopher Kelen. hung over in the imperial bedroom cherry blo…

October 21, 2006, 00:06

I cannot say what they believed: Having past the line of the 1st Meridian The conquistadors may have been surprised By a town of half-wits, as it was c…

June 17, 2007, 00:15

Welcome to Peril number 3 - themed "Rebel". We have a smorgasbord of articles, pieces and poems for you, starting with an article by Scott Brook about Vietnames…

June 17, 2007, 00:14

Yumi Umiumare as ‘cross-cultural’ rebel in ‘DasSHOKU Hora!!’ Japanese-born performer Yumi Umiumare’s playful investigations of cross-cultural femin…

June 17, 2007, 00:13

The documentary photography of Thuy Vy Dan choi: the Fashion Show It’s the last event of the 2005 Big West Festival, a community-based arts festival in Me…

June 17, 2007, 00:12

"Silence" is a play about three generations of Vietnamese women haunted by the spectre of one man. Their silences hold the secrets they hold from each other and…

June 17, 2007, 00:10

It took me the most part of my childhood to understand how my mum could be Cambodian, but born in Vietnam, at the same time. She was born in Cambodia then moved…

June 17, 2007, 00:09

you are supposed to be preparing your translation class. but, here you are at it again. driving at the philosophy of it the senselessness of it that somehow m…

June 17, 2007, 00:08

birds in nests keep their heads down the deers’ ears are all burning tactics are the talk of the land but a battle takes up so little room it’s ea…

June 17, 2007, 00:07

The deep truth is imageless.  P B Shelley On the Road My arms and legs are tightly bound. But in the hills birds sing and flowers blossom. Who can prevent …

November 4, 2007, 00:15

This edition themed "The meaning of life" features an interview with Alice Pung exploring her meaning of life. It includes a poem inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh…

November 4, 2007, 00:14

Alice Pung is the author of the highly successful "An Unpolished Gem". We managed to catch her in between literary dates and her work as a lawyer to ask her a f…

November 4, 2007, 00:13

Highlights from the Asian/Australian Values: New Directions in Australian Literature Workshop I attended this workshop along with Tom Cho courtesy of Wenche …

November 4, 2007, 00:12

Josh Goldman is a composer / improviser / guitarist / educator who resides in the United States. He composes / improvises / performs music, using acoustic and e…

November 4, 2007, 00:11

I’m a student of Dharma, the Buddha’s teachings. I’m a baby student and very new to the path. Never having attended a Buddhist teaching or even read a Bud…

November 4, 2007, 00:10

Saigon He walks in silence Ten thousand hushes And the world takes a breath A lake of calm Ripples outward from the heart An abbott kneels at his …

November 4, 2007, 00:09

You’re an engineer: you understand concrete, bearings, spans you manage projects you think in time, space, logistics, physics you find solu…

November 4, 2007, 00:08

nameless dumb late afternoon and silence crawls in great puddles of caterpillars— huge tangled clumps of them, everywhere in dribbling handfuls of la…

December 30, 2008, 21:39

On the day the Bill Henson story broke (May 25, 2008), another art-controversy story made the front page of Melbourne’s broadsheet, The Age. Van Rudd, nephew …

December 30, 2008, 21:39

Hoa Pham interviews Vietnamese-Australian actress, HaiHa Le.

December 30, 2008, 21:38

Two poems - Francais, and Louis De Carne's Diary, by Adam Aitken.

December 30, 2008, 21:36

A poem by Christopher Kelen.

December 30, 2008, 21:35

Simone Lazaroo has written three novels, The World Waiting to be Made (TWWTBM), The Australian Fiance and The Travel Writer. She was interviewed by Paul Giffard…

December 30, 2008, 21:32

Dominic Golding’s autobiographical play “Shrimp” toured regional Victoria in 2007 as part of the VCE Drama Studies list. Most of the responses he said wer…

December 30, 2008, 00:15

Welcome to issue 5, Drama. Firstly congratulations to Phillip Tang and Shalini Akhil whose pieces published in Peril were picked up the "Growing Up Asian in Aus…

January 11, 2009, 00:15

Nam Le's first anthology of short stories "The Boat" has met with critical and commercial success internationally. Peril was lucky enough to catch him on the ru…

January 11, 2009, 00:14

The installation Pho Dog provoked a reaction from the Vietnamese Community Association in Western Australia.

January 11, 2009, 00:13

Passing, Failing - Interviews with Nam Le and Mai Long, and a variety of short prose pieces and poetry in response to the theme. We invite people to comment on …

January 11, 2009, 00:12

I spent the first fifteen years of my life trying to ignore the fact that I am Asian. Ironic, considering I was born and raised on the small island of Hong Kon…

January 11, 2009, 00:11

The Jammed is a political film that attempts to represent Australia's modern ‘subalterns’, the voiceless and exploited women 'jammed' between global capital…

January 11, 2009, 00:10

My grandfather saw devils, right before he died. “They’re here, they’re here!” he exclaimed to my mum and cousins, who were in the room at the time. His…

January 11, 2009, 00:09

Falling failing falling.  Failing used to mean: failing an assignment, an exam, a subject.  Falling behind.  Failing chemistry: no matter how hard I tried �…

January 11, 2009, 00:08

According to Ba, my biological imperative is to marry and have children. I was dozing before this, but his words shake me up. His voice travels far: he and Ma a…

January 11, 2009, 00:07

gone she is a million billion scattered atoms each complete unto itself and I am at peace some would call her passing a failure of heart as thou…

January 11, 2009, 00:06

Slicing the knot of the ancestors Diving through the heavens He came. Headfirst, warm-wet, amphibian, He slithered into the light Sleek with both our blood…

January 11, 2009, 00:05

The festival of colour aerates I wear my attire, original, personal air the melody , small bells tinkle music reverberates flow of my village stream…

January 11, 2009, 00:04

rain on glass a thousand impolite fingers midnight swim Slow blink of fishing rigs out in the black

May 10, 2009, 01:10

i) Fashion My teacher gives me a book about this German bloke, Marx who reckons religion is the ‘opiate of the people’. Mr Swaggert says ‘opiate’…

May 10, 2009, 00:15

Tom Cho, as well as being an editorial adviser on Peril is also an author in his own right. We caught up with him just before the release of his new book "Look …

May 10, 2009, 00:14

Growing up of South Indian descent in a majority Chinese population in Singapore is confusing enough for a girl, even before a fair skinned elder sister is adde…

May 10, 2009, 00:13

Kelly Mollenido Robson creates complex fictional products, in which fairytales are moulded, vacuum-packed, and marketed for contemporary consumers. Robson was c…

May 10, 2009, 00:13

Fashion/Fetish - An interview with Tom Cho and a variety of short prose pieces and poetry.

May 10, 2009, 00:12

Shigeyuki Kihara is a multimedia and performance artist of Samoan and Japanese descent. Her work is based on research of Indigenous cultures of the Pacific, and…

May 10, 2009, 00:11

I lived in Iruma in Japan, just a forty-five minute express train ride through concrete and hills dotted with statues of former trees shaded with white snow fro…

May 10, 2009, 00:09

This piece takes up after the famous British sociologist, Paul Gilroy, who sought to redefine anti-racism by abandoning the analytical relevance of the term ‘…

May 10, 2009, 00:08

Hey there Hello Kitty lovers, how are you going?  I hope you're coping well.  I know how difficult it is but you're doing a great job trying to suppress your …

May 10, 2009, 00:07

EVERY MORNING'S RAINBOW Written in Chinese by Qi Guo Translated into English by Ouyang Yu A red hat An orange tie A yellow shirt A green coat A black t…

May 10, 2009, 00:06

Poetry by Tammy Ho Lai Ming and Tass Holmes.

November 27, 2009, 00:15

Kamahl laughs when I remind him of the reason for this interview, but none of us at Peril knew, long ago when the theme of this issue was chosen, that Kamahl wo…

November 27, 2009, 00:14

Comments from Lian Low, prose editor of Peril.

November 27, 2009, 00:13

Two perspectives on recent Indian-Australian issues by Angela Dewan and Amrita Dasvarma.

November 27, 2009, 00:12

Alice Pung's original introduction to "Growing Up Asian in Australia".

November 27, 2009, 00:11

PYUUPIRU Interview by Owen Leong Translated by Daisuke Harada, Alix Horngacher and Miki Matsumoto Original Japanese transcript (PDF) Pyuupiru is an ar…

November 27, 2009, 00:11

Five poems for Peril Issue 8- Why are people so unkind? My Religious Experience I prayed to God when I was 13: Dear God, Please stop Kingsley …

November 27, 2009, 00:09

At the 2008 Melbourne and 2009 Adelaide Fringe Festivals, LOCA’s Ladies of Colour Cabaret show sold out every night they performed. Merge an Adelaide stre…

November 27, 2009, 00:09

Political pundits in Australia have it difficult sometimes. When your job requires making politics engaging—even outrageous—to the public, it’s taxing whe…

November 27, 2009, 00:08

HARUKA YAMADA Interview by Owen Leong Translated by Miyoko Hoshino Original Japanese transcript (PDF) Haruka Yamada is an emerging artist based in Tok…

November 27, 2009, 00:07

I had always wanted to become a surgeon. To save lives through action, backed by knowledge. To cut away death with a blade, so precise, that it would not know I…

November 27, 2009, 00:06

Going to the beach when I was a kid was an elaborate event. Mum hated it because she had to wake up before dawn to prepare the Indian picnic for dad. While we b…

November 27, 2009, 00:05

Why are people so unkind? - A Cypriot-Greek-Australian daughter’s perspective “When I have kids I won’t be strict with them like our parents. T…