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Department of English

Su Cho

Assistant Professor of English

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 places like the New York Times Book Review and NPR. Her work has been 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, a recipient of the 2025 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship, Su is working on her second poetry collection as well as an essay collection about religion, ghosts, and growing up in the Midwest.
 

Specialization(s)

I'm a poet and essayist who writes about immigration, language, and lore. I've been experimenting with form and incorporating ghost stories and folk tales in my work. I'm particularly interested in how our bodies can remember the words and sounds of our past.

Representative publications

Awards

  • The Symmetry of Fish, Winner of the 2021 National Poetry Series.