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Shō Poetry Journal

Established in 2002, revived in 2023

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Audio Feature: Bunkong Tuon (Shō No. 3)

I can tell you about strength. / How the sun warms our skins. / How the moon turns tides.

Bunkong Tuon reads his poem, “Letter to My Unborn Son” from Shō No. 3, Summer/Fall 2023.

Bunkong Tuon is a Cambodian-American writer and poet. He is the author of three poetry collections. His work has appeared in World Literature Today, Copper Nickel, New York Quarterly, Massachusetts Review, Verse Daily, diode poetry, among others. His debut novel, Koan Khmer (Curbstone Press), and his chapbook, What Is Left (Jacar Press), are forthcoming in 2024. He is poetry editor of Cultural Daily. Tuon teaches at Union College, in Schenectady, NY. More: bunkongtuon.com

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Publishing Stats

Since our revival issue was published in Summer 2023:

375

Poems Published

269

Total Poets Published

106

Audio Features Published

57

Poems Nominated for Prizes

5

Poems chosen for inclusion in anthologies

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