Ira Sukrungruang is the author of three nonfiction books, "Buddha’s Dog & other Meditations," "Southside Buddhist" and "Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy," the short story collection "The Melting Season" and the poetry collection "In Thailand It Is Night." He is the recipient of the 2015 American Book Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature, an Arts and Letters Fellowship and the Emerging Writer Fellowship. His work has appeared in many literary journals, including Post Road, The Sun and Creative Nonfiction. He is the president of Sweet: A Literary Confection, a 501c3 nonprofit organization and is honored to be the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College.

Areas of Expertise

Creative writing, creative writing pedagogy, inclusive literature 

Education

2002 — Master of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University

1998 — Bachelor of Arts from Southern Illinois Univ Carbond

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