for Joe Skerrett His voice was smooth jazz Swirling in the air. He leaned back on his chair, Hands resting on his big chest, As we discussed Morrison’s Beloved. A book about love, motherly love. Real thick and heavy, the syrupy Kind that sticks to your fingers, Hands, and soul. The question was simple: […]
Bunkong Tuon
Bunkong Tuon is a Cambodian-American writer and critic. He is the author of Gruel, And So I Was Blessed (both published by NYQ Books), The Doctor Will Fix It (Shabda Press), and Dead Tongue (Yes Poetry). His prose and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in New York Quarterly, Copper Nickel, The Lowell Review, Massachusetts Review, The American Journal of Poetry, carte blanche, Diode Poetry Journal, Paterson Literary Review, Consequence, among others. He teaches at Union College, in Schenectady, NY.