Korean Literature

Your Metamorphosis by Kim Ewhan (너의 변신, 김이환)

Your Metamorphosis is an extraordinary short story that challenges the boundaries of the bodily. Through his gripping science fiction, author Kim Ewhan places us teetering on the edge of medical speculation, pushing us to consider the corporeal consequences of human identity. When presented with the opportunity to surgically achieve the perfect body, how far can…

The Best Books I Read in 2021

2021 was a year of transition—I moved back to America after almost three years living in Korea, I threw myself into language study, and I tried to avoid feeling stagnant as I moved back in with my parents and worked from home. I can remember most of my year from what books I was reading…

Human Acts by Han Kang

Please be aware that there is a content warning for graphic violence, death, and trauma from real historical events. Human Acts is part historical account of the Gwangju Uprising and part lucid dream of grief and trauma. Han Kang muses about the cruelty human beings are capable of, and wonders if this brutality is fundamentally…

Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River by Jung Young Moon

This is a book about Texas. It’s also about boysenberries, yogis, cats in space, Hemingway, cowboy churches, Marx, and more. It’s about all of these things and none of these things. From the lens of a Korean visiting Texas on a writer’s residency, he chronicles all of the hyper-Americana that the state has to offer…

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