ISSUE 03 In this issue: Ruchika Tomar, Kelly Luce, Kevin Wu, Dina Omar, Michelle A. Peñaloza, Jason Koo, Rohan Mulgaonkar, Hauquan Chau, Grace Talusan, Lewis Leong, Spencer Dew, and an author interview with Yiyun Li, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists i Copyright © 2008 by the Kartika Review ii ▫▫▫▪▫▪ ▪▪▫▪▫▫ ▫ iii