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“Washing a Myna” and Four Poems By Hwang Inchan Translated by Jae Hyung Woo An Apologetic Mind I was in deep sorrow last winter I ate some cold rice dipped in seaweed soup I will never do it again I often get confused What should I do with seaweed stuck to a spoon should
The Radish By Kim Um Ji Translated by Ji Won Park “You’re a nobody. A nobody. What good are you, you chunk of radish? Actually, that’s an insult to radishes. At least you can chop up a radish and pickle it. Do you have any use at all? You give me the shivers,” his wife
“Unexpected Vanilla” and Four Poems By Lee Hye-mi Translated by Dahyun Kim Sugar Point Honey, I feel like my irises are freezing. I tried my best to become sweet but the sweetness only lead to defilement and screaming disappointment gradually turning dark, bit by every dark bit I lose my sense of self it
In December 2016, I was going through newly published literary journals at a bookstore in Cambridge, MA. Among the stacks, I found a magazine I had never seen, called Monkey Business—a publication that introduces contemporary Japanese writings in English. I had imagined starting a similar project with Korean literature but never dared to do so,
Proof You Were Protecting The World All Along By Lee Jong San Translated by Janine Kruger When she proclaimed to Jiwan she was going to look for proof he had been protecting the world, a drawn-out argument between them eventually ran out of steam. A giggle escaped as soon as the words came out of
For “1988 Then, 30 Now” (Fall 2017), Nabillera collected questions from people who are interested in Korean literature. As someone born in 1988 and lived as “gukchoding,”* how do our writers perceive the lives of young people and the current times in which we live? Also, how are these phases of the times reflected in their works? Do
1. Having been born in the year of the 1988 Olympics and now having turned 30 years old, it seems like you’re at a really uncertain age. Though, of course, things aren’t perfect now, we think of the ‘88 Olympics as the symbolic time when the democracy in South Korea got started. It’s also the