Published Poems by Tanya Ko Hong
“Comfort Woman” first published at Beloit Poetry Journal, Vol. 65, No. 1
Won the 11th “Moon Prize” from Writing in a Woman’s Voice (Sep. 2017)
Received Honorable Mention from the 3rd Annual Women’s National Book Association Writing Competition (2015)
Featured at The WVoice, a digital publication of Women’s Voices Now (WVN)
Featured as a Lunch Ticket Special
Tanya Ko Hong reads “Comfort Woman”
Praise for ‘Comfort Woman’
“Great injustices are difficult to render in small literary spaces, but Tanya Ko finds the right tone—sensitive, intimate, yet restrained. In sparse, precise scenes, ‘Comfort Woman’ both informs and moves us in unforgettable ways.”
“Tanya Ko’s willingness to work together toward the creation of the compressed, intense, emotionally chilling poem ‘Comfort Woman’ impressed me greatly and resulted in a work that has moved to tears many of those who have read or heard it. By giving voice to one comfort woman, she speaks for all those who have suffered from or object to the use of sexual violence for political and personal oppression.”
3 POEMS PUBLISHED IN CULTURAL WEEKLY
“Yang Kong Ju”
“Grandmother Talks of Camptowns”
“1946, Chinju, Korea”
2 Poems at WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 1 &2 (The Feminist Press):
3 POEMS in Allium journal of poetry and prose (columbia college):
“Answer,” “Diaspora,” and “Rendezvous Notes, XXI Century, City of Angels,”
3 Poems at Better Than Starbucks: March 2018 (print):
”Heo Nanselheasn (1563-1589)”
”Dear Yeobo”
”Denied”
"On-line Floricanto”
6 Poems at La Bloga:
”Bo go ship uh (I miss you)”
”Lucky Seven”
”Mustard Flowers Falling”
”Look Back”
”Comfort Women”
”The Crying Game”
Suzanne Lummis reads “The Crying Game”
3 Poems in Best of the Poetry Salon 2013-2018 (print anthology):
”Waiting”
”Bo go ship uh (I miss you)”
”Comfort Women”
“A Blonde Whispers Korean in my Ear” at Rattle
“Heo Nanseolhean (1563-1589)” at Califragile
“Oxtail Soup” at Califragile
3 Poems at Paris Press:
“Grandmother Talking Camptowns” (also published at Writing in a Woman’s Voice)
“Oxtail Soup” (also published at Califragile)
”Heo Nanseolhean (1563-1589)”