Koon Woon

Poet

Seattle, WA
Washington US
Email: 
koonwoon@gmail.com
Website: 
goldfishbooks.com

Author's Bio

I am editor/publisher of Goldfish Press. We have published Jack Foley, Adelle Foley, Ivan Arguelles, George Held, Bethany Reid, Cathy Ruiz Kigerl,  Joel Kabakov, James Bertolino, Keith Holyoak, Koon Woon, Mary-Marcia Casoly, Betty Priebe, and Joe Musso. We have also published Chrysanthemum magazine since 1990.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Kaya North American Anthology of Asian American Poets (Kaya Press, 1995)
Book:
The Truth in Rented Rooms (Kaya Press, 1998)
Journals:
5 A.M.
,
Asian Pacific American Journal
,
Bellowing Ark
,
Chrysanthemum
,
Crab Creek Review
,
Echoes
,
Free Verse
,
Hazmat Review
,
HELLP!
,
knock
,
MacGuffin
,
Poetry Depth Quarterly
,
Poets West
,
Real Change
,
Seattle Review
,
Tinfish
,
Unwound
,
Walt's Corner
Prizes won: 

Pen Oakland Award Finalist in Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. Pen Oakland Award. American Book Award.

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American, Chinese American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Canton
China
Raised in: 
Seattle, WA
Washington
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Last update: Dec 23, 2022