Comments from Lian Low, prose editor of Peril.

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

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 our commentary with their views.

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 Australia” anthology edited by Alice Pung. Alice’s interview in the last issue has also been picked up by the Education Department in Western Australia for study notes. In this issue we are privileged to have interviews with the actress HaiHa Le, the artist Van Rudd and the author Simone Lazaroo. We also have excerpts from Dominic Golding’s play “Shrimp” and poetry …

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, the Vietnamese Zen Master, a commentary by Rosey Chang on the Dalai Lama and poetry by myself, Rosey and George Mouradatis. We also have a sound piece by Josh Goldman, for seven voices without words and a review of a workshop I attended at the University of Wollongong on Asian/Australian Values: New Directions in Australian Literature.
The next issues will be themed “Drama” with the …

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 Vietnamese-Australian eighties fashion with its rebellious overtones.