About me
Pichchenda Bao is a Cambodian American poet and writer, infant survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, daughter of refugees, and stay-at-home mother. Her work has most recently been published by The Offing, Sunday Salon, New Ohio Review, Cultural Daily, great weather for MEDIA, and elsewhere. She is co-editor, with Nicole Callihan and Jennifer Franklin, of the anthology Braving the Body (Harbor Editions). She has received support and fellowships from Queens Council on the Arts, Aspen Words, Bethany Arts Community, and Kundiman. She lives, writes, and raises her three children in New York City. More at pichchendabao.com.