Bunkong Tuon
| Bunkong Tuon | |
|---|---|
| Roles | Author; Educator; Scholar |
| Active | since 2014 |
| Based in | United States |
| Recognition | Stillman Prize for Faculty Excellence in Research, Union College, 2025 (https://www.union.edu/english/faculty-staff/bunkong-tuon); Pushcart Prize (https://www.bunkongtuon.com/about-me) |
| Website | https://www.bunkongtuon.com/ |
| Subjects | Family & Intergenerational Life; Literature & Storytelling; Migration & Diaspora |
Cambodian American poet and novelist who teaches English at Union College.
Bunkong Tuon is a Cambodian American poet and writer and a professor of English at Union College in Schenectady, New York. His poetry collection Gruel was published by NYQ Books in 2015 and his novel Koan Khmer by Northwestern University Press. He has served as poetry editor of Cultural Daily since 2023 and conducted the "Poets on Craft" interview series in Cultural Weekly from 2020 to 2023. (Union College faculty page; Bunkong Tuon official site, about page; Northwestern University Press book page)
Works
- Gruel(Book)
- Koan Khmer(Book)