Mark Kyungsoo Bias speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his poem “Adoption Day,” which appears inThe Common’snew spring issue. Mark talks about the inspiration and process behind the poem, which looks at issues like memory, immigration, and racism in post-9/11 America, all through the lens of a family experience. Mark also discusses his approach to language, sound, line breaks, and more, and the methods and techniques he’s found helpful in revising poetry. He reads two additional poemspublished inThe Common: “Meeting My Mother” and “Visitor.” Mark Kyungsoo Bias is the recipient of the 2022 Joseph Langland Prize from the Academy of American Poets and the 2020 William Matthews Poetry Prize. A semi-finalist for the 92Y Discovery Prize, he has been offered support from Bread Loaf, Kundiman, and Tin House. He is a recent graduate of the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has work published or forthcoming inThe Adroit Journal, Best New Poets, The Common, PANK, Poets.org,andWashington Square Review,among other journals. Read Mark’s poems inThe Commonatthecommononline.org/tag/mark-kyungsoo-bias/ Read more from Mark atmarkkyungsoobias.com, or follow him on Twitter at@mk_bias. The Commonis a print and online literary magazine publishing stories, essays, and poems that deepen our collective sense of place. On our podcast and in our pages,The Commonfeatures established and emerging writers from around the world. Read more and subscribe to the magazine atthecommononline.org, and follow us on Twitter@CommonMag. Emily Everettis managing editor of the magazine and host of the podcast. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Putnam Books. Her stories appear in the Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Tin House Online, and Mississippi Review. She is a 2022 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow. Say hello on Twitter@Public_Emily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry