Almost done!!!

At the End of the World There Is a Pond by @bonelesskoi.bsky.social, January 2025, @wwnorton.bsky.social

"The velocity and music of this book will steady you far into your days." —Major Jackson, author of Razzle Dazzle

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thnx to @joehalljoehall.bsky.social the for this photo!

had a blast at Rustbelt!

here with @lesbrarienne.bsky.social @bonelesskoi.bsky.social
@rchlltrmn.bsky.social
Thom Eichelberger-Young and Chango

Dorchester In the year of the ox, my poem went moderately viral in some small but enthusiastic circles, the way a poem sometimes does. I wrote it after reading the news report about the old Vietnamese woman…

Revisit @bonelesskoi.bsky.social’s Issue Eleven short story, “Dorchester,” which was selected as a Best American Short Story of 2024, and check out his debut poetry collection, “At the End of the World There Is a Pond”

www.thedriftmag.com/dorchester/

A Review of Steven Duong’s At the End of the World There Is a Pond  - The Adroit Journal Steven Duong’s debut collection, At the End of the World There Is a Pond, emerges at a pivotal moment in contemporary American poetry, when questions of environmental crisis, diasporic identity, and f...

"Duong’s debut signals a new direction for Asian American poetry—one that is neither purely personal nor solely political, but lives at the intersection." Adedayo Agarau on AT THE END OF THE WORLD THERE IS A POND by @bonelesskoi.bsky.social.

Read the review.
theadroitjournal.org/2025/03/17/a...

Obsessions Create Ripple Effects in "At the End of the World There Is a Pond" - Electric Literature Steven Duong discusses the impact of displacement, addiction, and his tattoo practice on his debut collection of poetry

"I began to realize the road between the past and the present is continuous. It’s not straight, but continuous, and that it didn’t stop existing when all these people left." - @bonelesskoi.bsky.social electricliterature.com/obsessions-c...

"...a painstaking formalism, a commitment to steadfastness and sobriety, as in his sonnets, which boast tattoo-precise lines and the willful sturdiness of gravestones..."

Thank you to chris spaide! These words on At the End of the World There Is a Pond are so generous and insightful!!! 🥲🥲🥲

AT THE END OF THE WORLD THERE IS A POND available now wherever books are sold.
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Obsessions Create Ripple Effects in "At the End of the World There Is a Pond" - Electric Literature Steven Duong discusses the impact of displacement, addiction, and his tattoo practice on his debut collection of poetry

Cool interview in @electriclit.bsky.social with @bonelesskoi.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection is just out. Talks about aquariums, how his tattoo practice shows up in his poetry, Vietnam, & even some Lord of the Rings. Kudos to interviewer Sanchari Sur electricliterature.com/obsessions-c...

Photo of Steven Duong’s poetry collection, AT THE END OF THE WORLD THERE IS A POND, in Sarah’s hand, with the bookstore P&T Knitwear in the background

In my little riser seat, ready to celebrate @bonelesskoi.bsky.social

hehehe appreciate it david

final hardcovers are here!!! out for real on january 14!!!!

AT THE END OF THE WORLD THERE IS A POND comes out in two months! You can preorder it now from your local independent bookstore--below is a link to personal fave, A Room of One's Own in Madison, WI.

Can't wait to share these poems with you :)))))))))))

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