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2012 (1)
- Asian Australian Film Forum keynote address by Annette Shun Wah by: Annette Shun Wah
  February 12, 2012, 22:00
  
  I feel honoured to be giving this keynote to the very first Asian Australian Film Forum, and I’m looking forward to a weekend of discussion, debate,…
Edition 1 – Nerds (8)
Unusual tales of nerds, and escaping from nerd-dom.
- Editorial by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Interview with Hsu-Ming Teo by: Hoa Pham
  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.…
- Homosexuality saved me from nerd-dom by: Andy Quan
  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…
- How do I copied Japan by: Anon
  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…
- The Information Superhighway by: S.K. Kelen
  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…
- Artwork by Tim Gaze by: Tim Gaze
  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…
- Finding myself in fantasy by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Dinner with Auntie Wei and Uncle Wang by: Tom Cho
  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…
Edition 10 – Skin (11)
Our skin is a map to our identity. It marks boundaries, but also defies labels.
- Footscray Whitewash by: Thuy Linh Nguyen
  January 5, 2011, 00:15
  
  Down Nicholson Street Mall, past the pho and noodle shops, Cheap n’ Chic is closing down. A FOR LEASE sign has been plastered across its windows. The walls,…
- Skin Routes – The Racialised Contours of Filipino Flesh by: Elaine Marie Laforteza
  January 5, 2011, 00:14
  
  As a Filipina, I was brought up with stories about the ‘fatherland’. The myth of this superior fatherland was articulated in many ways: in how my family…
- Salman, you send me by: R Johns
  January 5, 2011, 00:13
  
  Have you ever met an Indian God or his living incarnation? I have. So close an approximation in the flesh I could have never imagined, until that night in…
- Fissures and friendships: how I became a woman of colour by: Lia Incognita
  January 5, 2011, 00:11
  
  What affinity do I have with someone I might identify as a woman of colour? What does it mean for me, a non-Aboriginal Melburnian, to identify the struggle of…
- Stuff Brown People Like by: Komi Sellathurai
  January 5, 2011, 00:10
  
  This is a mathematical approach to highlight stuff brown people like in the style of Christian Lander’s blog http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/. The brown…
- Owen Leong
  January 5, 2011, 00:08
  
  For almost two decades, Gary Lee’s photographic art has shown an unflinching pursuit of masculine beauty and, more recently, of indigenous male beauty. Often…
- Poetry by: Poetry Authors
  January 5, 2011, 00:07
  
  Poetry by Benjamin Laird, Raja, Matt Hetherington, Siobhan Hodge and Rory Harris, edited by Miriam Wei Wei Lo.
- Fear of a Brown Planet: fight the power with laughter by: Lian Low
  January 5, 2011, 00:06
  
  The first time I met Fear of a Brown Planet comic duo Aamer Rahman and Nazeem Hussain, it was not at a post-show groupie hangout; it was at the very edge of…
- Editorials by: Lian Low
  January 5, 2011, 00:05
  
  Prose and poetry editorials.
Edition 11 – Food (8)
- Peril interview – Vipoo Srivilasa by: Owen Leong
  September 23, 2011, 12:03
  
  Vipoo Srivilasa is a contemporary ceramic sculptor. His artworks are often playful and whimsical, while exploring complex issues of identity, politics and…
- Torturing John Thompson – an evening’s entertainment at the dragon’s lair by: Loretta Mui
  September 21, 2011, 21:00
  
  A theatrical spoken word piece first performed as part of Ladies of Colour Cabaret Melbourne Fringe Festival 2009
  
  By Loretta Mui
  
  The stage is set as the…
- Care and Feeding: Comfort Food for Chinese-Australian Vegans by: Stephanie Lai
  September 21, 2011, 20:49
  
  When I have a cold my mother recommends super spicy curries with lots of chillies and often lemongrass, and when she made them for me, this usually ended up…
- Poh/Pho by: Thuy Linh Nguyen
  September 20, 2011, 21:15
  
  Without invitation, Sarah reaches over to pick at my larb gai. When it comes to meals, clothes, and perfume, my friend doesn’t recognise boundaries; she…
- The Butchers by: Maxine Beneba Clarke
  September 20, 2011, 21:12
  
  Late one July morning, Mei Lin stood in the line inside the Harrington’s, the local butchers. Sen, brought along to push the second wheeled grocery cart…
- Cuisine by: Hop Dac
  September 20, 2011, 21:11
  
  It’s very watery, the first memory, diluted from being carried so long. The colours are thin as the scene plays out slowly, as though going any faster, it…
- Poetry by: Poetry Authors
  September 20, 2011, 21:09
  
  SHINJUKU MORNING
  
  Cassandra Atherton
  
  You feed me prawn gyozas for breakfast. Early in the morning. In the Shinjuku Prince Hotel. You give each prawn…
- Editorials by: Lian Low
  September 20, 2011, 21:07
  
  From Lian Low – prose editor
  
  Food is essential to our survival, it is nourishing, nurturing and pleasurable, but it can also be a way in to our remembered…
Edition 12 – Asian-Australian Film Forum and Network Special Issue (1)
- Asian Australian Film Forum keynote address by Annette Shun Wah by: Annette Shun Wah
  February 12, 2012, 22:00
  
  I feel honoured to be giving this keynote to the very first Asian Australian Film Forum, and I’m looking forward to a weekend of discussion, debate,…
Edition 2 – Heroes (12)
Exploring ideas of heroes and heroism – past and present.
- Editorial by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- AIYO! by: Tom Cho
  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…
- Heroes Vox Pop by: Tseen Khoo
  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…
- Lisa Bellear by: Lian Low
  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…
- Destiny by: Shalini Akhil
  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…
- Yellow is not Yellow by: Binh Duy Ta
  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…
- extension 34 by: Michael Farrell
  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 &…
- Teenage Dreamers by: philliptang
  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,…
- Heroine by: Helen
  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…
- Hoju Bihang-gi by: David Prater
  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…
- song of the water clock at night by: Christopher Kelen
  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…
- I cannot say what they believed by: Adam Aitken
  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…
Edition 3 – Rebel (7)
Rebelling in fashion, in poetry, and against cultural mores.
- Editorial by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Yumi Umiumare by: Georgina Boucher
  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…
- After the eighties by: Scott Brook
  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…
- Silence by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Solitude by: Ouyang Yu
  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…
- Since the rebellion by: Christopher Kelen
  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…
- Newsreel by: S.K. Kelen
  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…
Edition 4 – The Meaning of Life (8)
What is your meaning of life?
- Editorial by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Interview with Alice Pung by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Asian/Australian Values Workshop by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Language – an audio composition by Josh Goldman by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- The Dalai Lama and the Dharma by: Rosey Chang
  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…
- Thich Nhat Hanh – Zen Master by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- You seem like a nice guy by: Rosey Chang
  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…
- Hungry caterpillars by: George Mouratidis
  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…
Edition 5 – Drama (7)
Poetry, plays, interviews and articles exploring drama in the lives of Asian Australians.
- Art Drama: Van Rudd and the Melbourne City Council by: Lucy Van
  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…
- Interview with HaiHa Le by: Hoa Pham
  December 30, 2008, 21:39
  
  Hoa Pham interviews Vietnamese-Australian actress, HaiHa Le.
- Francais/Louis De Carne’s Diary by: Adam Aitken
  December 30, 2008, 21:38
  
  Two poems – Francais, and Louis De Carne’s Diary, by Adam Aitken.
- The Soldier’s Dream by: Christopher Kelen
  December 30, 2008, 21:36
  
  A poem by Christopher Kelen.
- Interview with Simone Lazaroo by: Anon
  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…
- Shrimp by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Editorial by: Hoa Pham
  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…
Edition 6 – Passing, Failing (11)
From passing as Asian to failing in life.
- Interview with Nam Le by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Pho Dog Fuss by: Hoa Pham
  January 11, 2009, 00:14
  
  The installation Pho Dog provoked a reaction from the Vietnamese Community Association in Western Australia.
- Editorial by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Passing as an Asian by: Maya Fleischmann
  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…
- Cultural representation and cultural violence in the Jammed by: Selvin Kwong
  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…
- Falling, failing, falling by: Anon
  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…
- Perfumed Lotuses, Dirt and Daffodils by: Thuy Linh Nguyen
  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…
- Ongoing by: Leanne Murphy
  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…
- Birthright by: Joo-Inn Chew
  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…
- The festival of colour aerates by: Basanta Kumar Kar
  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…
- Two Haiku by: Ashley
  January 11, 2009, 00:04
  
  rain on glass
  a thousand impolite fingers
  
  midnight swim
  Slow blink of fishing rigs
  out in the black
Edition 7 – Fashion/Fetish (11)
Fashion/fetish – who or what does it say you are?
- Nailed to the Family Tree by: James Laidler
  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’…
- Interview with Tom Cho by: Hoa Pham
  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…
- Skin by: Komi Sellathurai
  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…
- Kelly Mollenido Robson by: Owen Leong
  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…
- Editorial by: Hoa Pham
  May 10, 2009, 00:13
  
  Fashion/Fetish – An interview with Tom Cho and a variety of short prose pieces and poetry.
- Shigeyuki Kihara by: Owen Leong
  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,…
- The Neon Witches of Shibuya by: Corey Wakeling
  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…
- Racial consciousness = fetish? by: Jen Kwok
  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…
- You can love Hello Kitty but why can’t I? by: Tiffany Loh
  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…
- Chinese poetry by: Ouyang Yu
  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…
- Poetry by: Tammy Ho Lai Ming
  May 10, 2009, 00:06
  
  Poetry by Tammy Ho Lai Ming and Tass Holmes.
Edition 8 – Why are people so unkind? (12)
Reflections on Kamahl’s famous line.
- Here’s Kamahl! by: Andy Quan
  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…
- Editorial by: Lian Low
  November 27, 2009, 00:14
  
  Comments from Lian Low, prose editor of Peril.
- Why are we so unkind? by: Amrita Dasvarma
  November 27, 2009, 00:13
  
  Two perspectives on recent Indian-Australian issues by Angela Dewan and Amrita Dasvarma.
- The original introduction to “Growing Up Asian in Australia” by: Alice Pung
  November 27, 2009, 00:12
  
  Alice Pung’s original introduction to “Growing Up Asian in Australia”.
- Interview with Pyuupiru by: Owen Leong
  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…
- Poetry by: Poetry Authors
  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…
- Watch out for LOCA – they can incite a riot! by: Lian Low
  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…
- Michelle Malkin: Awful yet strangely hypnotic by: Benjamin Law
  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…
- Interview with Haruka Yamada by: Owen Leong
  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…
- Grass Liquor by: Violet Kieu
  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…
- Teh Halia by: Komi Sellathurai
  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…
- Why are people so unkind? by: Angela Costi
  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.…
Edition 9 – Creatures (9)
Creatures play a part in one’s life literally, symbolically and metaphorically…
- Of Dogs and Dialects by: Violet Kieu
  June 20, 2010, 00:14
  
  I am Vietnamese-Australian, yet I speak English better than any other language. All my reading, writing and thinking is limited to combinations and permutatio…
- Shu Yi by: Maxine Beneba Clarke
  June 20, 2010, 00:13
  
  1989, and the hottest summer on record, at least since I’d been born. Salt ‘n’ Pepa were all over the airways and in our tiny suburb, between crimping…
- Letter to John Safran: About the two-headed beast by: Rosey Chang
  June 20, 2010, 00:12
  
  I get it, I really do. I saw your tv episode about being Jewish and feeling attracted to Asian women. I understand your conflicting feelings.
- Poetry by: Poetry Authors
  June 20, 2010, 00:11
  
  Poetry by Liang Yu-Jing, Matt Hetherington, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Susan Hawthorne
- Interview with Daniel Lee by: Owen Leong
  June 20, 2010, 00:10
  
  Daniel Lee has always been fascinated by the relationship between humans and animals.
- The Impossible Princess by: Benjamin Law
  June 20, 2010, 00:09
  
  To win Thailand’s biggest transsexual beauty pageant, you need a number of near-impossible things on your side. It helps if you’re tall, although big hands…
- Editorials by: Lian Low
  June 20, 2010, 00:06
  
  Editorials from Peril prose editor Lian Low and poetry editor Miriam Lo.
- Interview with Owen Leong by: Lian Low
  June 20, 2010, 00:05
  
  Owen Leong’s solo exhibition Birthmark recently opened at Anna Pappas Gallery in Prahran, Melbourne. In Birthmark, twelve half-human, half-creature…
- Guest House by: Amy McDonald
  June 2, 2010, 10:51
  
  When the man climbed out of the ute I picked up my backpack, dusted off my shorts and walked over.
  
  ‘Meghan?’ His accent was Australian, his eyes green…

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