Bunkong Tuon Features at the 2nd Wednesday Open Mic

On March 11, Schenectady’s 2nd Wednesday Poets will feature the always-popular Bunkong Tuon at CREATE Community Studios, 137 State Street. Come hear “BK’s” newest work and bring a page or two of your own writing to share at the open mic. Readings start at 7:30 PM.

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 (a chapbook with Joanna C. Valente, Yes Poetry). He is a contributor to Cultural Weekly. His poetry won the 2019 Nasiona Nonfiction Poetry Prize. Tuon teaches at Union College, in Schenectady, NY.

Admission is free and cookies & non-alcoholic beverages are available for a donation. Free parking is available on State Street and Liberty Street, and in the parking lot directly behind the building on South Ferry.

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About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.