Su Cho is the author of The Symmetry of Fish (Penguin, 2022), which was selected for the 2021 National Poetry Series by Paige Lewis and featured in The New York Times Book Review and NPR. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and anthologized in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, and They Rise Like a Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets. Her most recent editorial work includes serving as guest editor at Poetry. Born in South Korea and raised in Indiana, she currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing at Vanderbilt University. She is working on her second poetry collection as well as an essay collection about religion, ghosts, and growing up in the Midwest.
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Fall 2025
Chrestomathy Fragment 3
The Kenyon Review · “Chrestomathy Fragment 3” by Su Cho The hibiscus crumplesaround its yellow stamenmagenta petals purse,hang their heads as if to saywhat a waste of time and sunto […]
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Fall 2025
Chrestomathy Fragment 2
The Kenyon Review · “Chrestomathy Fragment 2” by Su Cho nono no NO no
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Fall 2025
The Vandals of Haesindang Park
The Kenyon Review · “The Vandals of Haesindang Park” by Su Cho The one who knew how to read our old languagedeclares that we are now the owners of Haesindang […]
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Fall 2025
Chrestomathy Fragment 1
The Kenyon Review · “Chrestomathy Fragment 1” by Su Cho
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Fall 2025
처녀귀신 as Broken Glossary
처녀 / Cheonyeo: maiden, virginal.귀신 / Gwishin: ghost, spirit. A secret, a shame.처녀귀신: Respectful. Admirable. Brave. Fighter, fighting off, purity intact.주여 / Ju-yuh: Lord. A prayer. A plea. Desperate. Holy. Mothers, our mothers: What we’ve become […]
