Celebrating the power of literature to rescue a life from despair, Koan Khmer is the story of Samnang Sok, an orphaned child survivor of the Cambodian genocide who sets out to make a new life in America alongside his extended family.
Celebrating the power of literature to rescue a life from despair, Koan Khmer is the story of Samnang Sok, an orphaned child survivor of the Cambodian genocide who sets out to make a new life in America alongside his extended family.
Bunkong Tuon is a Cambodian American writer and poet. He is the author of three full-length poetry collections. His writings have appeared in Copper Nickel, Massachusetts Review, New York Quarterly, The American Journal of Poetry, Diode Poetry Journal, among others. Tuon is poetry editor of Cultural Daily. He teaches at Union College, in Schenectady, NY.
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PART I: A Cambodian Family Portrait Under the Tamarind Tree Birth Leaving Cambodia Lok-Yeay and Her Children Bopha Yellow Bird The Old Man and the Mermaid PART II: Surviving in America Dust from the Sky Lucky Dawn We Were Refugees Tom and Jerry American Dream Lok-Ta Friends Pu Vaesnar Enclosed Paradise The Old Woman and Her Dog A Simple Misunderstanding The Doyles A February Evening The Keys Where is Samnang? Exposed The Letter The Letter # 2 Rage Rat Boy Graduation PART III: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cambodian American What Are You Doing With Your Life? Going West “Ana-herm” Street A Dream Br_ndon Lieu The Writer’s Club Another Beginning A Dream on Fire A New Family Why Write? Dear Mr. Sok PART IV: Koan Khmer Letter from Koan Khmer Epilogue Acknowledgments
PART I: A Cambodian Family Portrait Under the Tamarind Tree Birth Leaving Cambodia Lok-Yeay and Her Children Bopha Yellow Bird The Old Man and the Mermaid PART II: Surviving in America Dust from the Sky Lucky Dawn We Were Refugees Tom and Jerry American Dream Lok-Ta Friends Pu Vaesnar Enclosed Paradise The Old Woman and Her Dog A Simple Misunderstanding The Doyles A February Evening The Keys Where is Samnang? Exposed The Letter The Letter # 2 Rage Rat Boy Graduation PART III: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cambodian American What Are You Doing With Your Life? Going West “Ana-herm” Street A Dream Br_ndon Lieu The Writer’s Club Another Beginning A Dream on Fire A New Family Why Write? Dear Mr. Sok PART IV: Koan Khmer Letter from Koan Khmer Epilogue Acknowledgments
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