Thrilled to have made Editor’s Pick for Kirkus Magazine with a full page feature! A dream. 😍

Here are two poems by Epephanie LaBoy, who wrote these poems in my class. I am incredibly fortunate to be a teacher; it's an honor to read and engage with student writing. Happy Sunday, all! www.culturaldaily.com/epephanie-la...

I've always been a fan of TR Hummer, so I'm honored to be publishing his work in Cultural Daily. I read these poems aloud and always find myself in awe of the precision and sound of each beautiful line. He's a true master. www.culturaldaily.com/t-r-hummer-t...

Submissions Open We are reading Poetry, Blended & Beyond, Flash Fiction and Creative Nonfiction through June 15th (CNF and Flash Fiction will cap at 40 submissions)

It's always an honor to publish Dorianne Laux. Here are three poems from earlier in the year. Happy Sunday, All. www.culturaldaily.com/dorianne-lau...

Here’s Nancy Murphy's fine review of The Broken Buddha, by @johnnycordova.bsky.social . Nancy discusses the book’s true path: finding spiritual center in the face of pain and suffering. Please consider purchasing a copy of this honest, humbling, beautiful book. www.culturaldaily.com/the-broken-b...

In these poems, Molly Fisk reminds us that the art of poetry is the art of listening. Pay attention, let the mind roam free, and you too will fly. #CulturalDaily #poetry www.culturaldaily.com/molly-fisk-t...

Unbelievably thrilled to be a finalist for the 2025 @bigothermag.bsky.social Book Award for Nonfiction!!! Immensely grateful to so many folks, including and especially @johnmadera.bsky.social, @wlupress.bsky.social, and @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social 💛🐺💛🐺💛🐺💛🐺

I’m poetry editor at Cultural Daily. Every weekend I’m going to start posting work I help published. Here’s the first: heartbreaking poems by current poet laureate of Saratoga Springs, Jay Rogoff. Happy Sunday, All! www.culturaldaily.com/jay-rogoff-t...

We're shouting out a book interview on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🤩 Contributor @sabrinahicks.bsky.social was interviewed by @ivygrimes.bsky.social about her new book COYOTE GIRL 🎉 Catch the convo now: buff.ly/fVNlZp3

My daughter wrote on her card, “I can’t believe this is the only day you get credit for your work though! 😞” Amen to that! We made her mother breakfast, presented her with gifts, and hugged her in gratitude. Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate!

I shared this poem on FB & someone said, sounds like you’re not a primary caretaker. The comment hurt and I deleted it. I have always try to be a good father… and true committed parenting is hard. Hardest thing I have ever done.

On May 12 at 6pm CDT, join U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Noh Anothai, Wendy Call, Kola Tubosun, and Daniel Simon for a Zoom convo about their 3 new books, with a focus on the urgency of literary translation. Link to register and more details here: worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/news-an...

Super excited to share my review of E.G. Cunningham’s FIELD NOTES, out today in Another Chicago Magazine! It’s a wonderful collection, friends! Read the review here: anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/02/24/r... @egcunningham.bsky.social @riverriverbooks.bsky.social @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social

🌸 Happy Pub Day 🌸 to MORE FLOWERS! None of this happens alone & I’m grateful to so many for their support in bringing this book to life! In honor of the release, I’d also like to offer some light where we need it most, so please consider donating or ordering a book from @triohousepress.org! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

One of our classic best-sellers #book #anthology. While ostensibly set in the Pandemic years, it far exceeds a single focus, concentrating on interior/exterior responses to pain, illness, love, the surreal, fairy-tales, photo-works, queer, enclosure, visions. #Print icefloepress.net/pandemic-lov...

A poem in honor of Marvin Bell's Dead Man poems. In my poem, the dead man is an immigrant who has become a ghost to the old country. Huge thanks to editors Jose Angel Aragus, Quintin Collins, and others at Salamander for supporting my work!

Here are three brand spankin new poems by Dorianne Laux to kickstart the first week of the New Year. Wishing peace more than ever now. www.culturaldaily.com/dorianne-lau...

I have two poems in @oneart.bsky.social The first is about traveling with young kids; the second is about the year 2025 (which I'm ready to say goodbye). Thanks to @markdanowsky.bsky.social @LouisaSchnaithmann for publishing them. May 2026 be better in every way! oneartpoetry.com/2025/12/26/t...

Half of my family is sick this Christmas season. I’m trying my best to hold it together, do what must be done. Music has been a source of inspiration and strength. At night, I listen to music and write poetry. Happy Holidays, All.

My debut novel, Koan Khmer, is chosen for Kirkus’s list of 28 Indies Worth Discovering. If you’re looking to gift someone a heart-felt book about a refugee experience and the power of literature, please consider Koan Khmer as part of your holiday gift giving. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/2...

So glad this is recorded & on YouTube to watch. BK puts it succinctly when he says “poetry and prayer are similar acts”, and talks about ars poetica. Happy to hear the newer poems as well as the ones from books. Love that there’s time for discussion after the reading. THANK YOU!

So grateful to Christine Su for this review of Koan Khmer. I feel seen, heard, and understood. That’s what happens when a reviewer is also an insider, and what you get then is a review that is both academic and deeply personal. docs.lib.purdue.edu/jsaaea/vol20...

Here's a poem about parenting in the shadow of the Khmer Rouge. #Gratitude to the editors @ Collateral Journal for publishing my work & nominating this poem for a #Pushcart. (fingers crossed!) Happy Sunday, All. www.collateraljournal.com/poetry/btuon

I'll be doing a Zoom reading next Thursday. If you are interested in poetry about family and refugee, please consider attending. I always read (and write) from the heart. Thanks to Ohio Poet Laureate, Kari Gunter-Seymour, for putting this together.

I’m recovering, slowly regaining strength. The doctor said I should be back to normal six weeks after the surgery. The other night, my family and I walked around the neighborhood looking at Halloween decorations. Getting ready to take the kids trick-or-treating tomorrow.

Maxine Chernoff is writing poetry of our times. Check out these two poems from her forthcoming book "Diary" (Quale Press 2026). Thank you. www.culturaldaily.com/maxine-chern...

I'm poetry editor at Cultural Daily, a digital arts and culture magazine. Once a week, I'm going to start posting poems that I curate for the magazine. I'll start with David Kirby's poetry: www.culturaldaily.com/david-kirby-...

I had an emergency surgery this past weekend. I’m slowly recovering. I want to express my respect and deep gratitude to the nurses, surgeon, & anesthesiologist at Ellis Hospital for saving my life. Thank you!

Here's a list of journals that folks recommended: Long Poem Magazine (UK), The Broken Spine (UK), Last Syllable, Missouri Review, Literary Imagination, Blackbird, Ploughshares (for Fall reading period), Adroit, Cincinnati Review, Lothorian Poetry Journal (1/2)

Dear Poets: Please recommend places that accept long poems. I have a ten-page poem. I'm curious what's out there for long poems and I am also hoping that this will be helpful for other poets in a similar situation. Thanks, in advance, and Happy Sunday!

Took my daughter skating. Teaching her about foot placement, pushing, carving. I got on a board too and I felt like a kid again. That’s me, a kid from the 80s.

It's an honor to have three poems chosen by Cultural Daily poetry editor @bunkong.bsky.social for publication. www.culturaldaily.com/laura-grace-...

An interview I did for my college, where I talked about learning to play fiddle tunes on guitar, skateboarding with my daughter, and fond memories of my beloved mentor, Harry Marten. Please give it a read when you have a minute. Happy Sunday, all! www.union.edu/news/stories...

I’m honored to be awarded Union College’s Stillman Prize for Faculty Excellence in Research. “Tuon writes poems, stories and personal essays that establish space for Cambodian American literature . . . ." Happy Sunday, folks! www.union.edu/news/stories...

Sometimes I catch myself parenting in the shadow of the Khmer Rouge. Thanks to @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social and its editors for publishing this poem. Happy Sunday, All!

Can't believe Koan Khmer is one year old today! This book is a summation of my thoughts, feelings & observations of an immigrant life in the States. If you haven’t done so, please consider getting a copy. I will be grateful for your support! Happy Friday! nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014743...

I always tell students to write from the heart about things that matter. Life is short, I tell them. Be true to your authentic self. (an excerpt of an interview on craft I did with Professor Khem Aryal)

Honored to have two poems chosen by @bunkong.bsky.social for Cultural Daily. “The Young Man on the Train” was written during a 26-day pilgrimage through India in 2014. “The Mountain and the Monk” is a persona poem. www.culturaldaily.com/johnny-cordo...

Last day at the beach. Dad and his daughter exercising. Happy Sunday, Everyone!

Thanks so much @pandora-books.bsky.social for your support of this Koan Khmer! Wonderful to see Khmer and Khmer American writings featured on your page. Gratitude!

The other day, talking to a student about the state of our world, I was reminded of what I need to do as a parent, the challenges of raising my kids in these turbulent times: to not let the darkness of the world infect their childhood, to keep the light in. Hugs to all this Sunday morning.

Unprompted, my son wrote “LOVE” in the sand. A message that is so much needed in this mutilated world. Love to all.

Happy 1st book birthday to DRESSING THE BEAR! It’s been such a wonderful year & to everyone who has read, uplifted, or engaged with these poems in any way, you have made me so happy & I am so very grateful! All the love to @triohousepress.org too! What a talented, tireless, and big-hearted team! 💙

When the U.S. dropped bombs on Iran, I had all these thoughts running through my head. The poem captures some of those thoughts. Thanks to editors @Rattle Poetry for choosing this poem for this week’s Poets Respond. Thank you for reading. www.rattle.com/what-the-war...

My poetry and novel are part of the Proleung Khmer exhibit at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Deep gratitude to the Khmer folks in Lowell for their generous support. I went to read in March of this year a stranger, and they welcomed me with open arms. Thank you for accepting this koan Khmer.

Happy to have a poem in the Michigan Quarterly Review. There are things that still won’t let me go. Thanks to editor Marcelo Hernandez Castillo for this incredible genre-bending, border-crossing, multimedia issue on memory and migrations. I will spend some time with it.

Thank you for the shoutout, @clmporg.bsky.social! shopoetryjournal.com/apa-heritage... @arahko.bsky.social @sati-m.bsky.social @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social @eylieblue.bsky.social @itsmelktea.bsky.social @bunkong.bsky.social @theoceanisgay.bsky.social

Stoked to have my debut novel reviewed in World Literature Today. Thanks for Charles Rammelkamp for this wonderful review and @worldlittoday.bsky.social for their continued support. (1/2) worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/may/koa...

And I am so grateful to the wonderful poets who blurbed for me!! Most recently, Laura Foley and @bunkong.bsky.social Also, will never stop thanking James Crews, @dseuss.bsky.social , @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social and the lovely others for past books’ blurbs. “Blessings” as some prefer to call them.