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Copyright Notice: Copying or reproducing the images without permission from the author is strictly prohibited. To Care for Myself as I Am at That Moment – Lee Seo Hyun By Lee Seo HyunTranslated by Beth HongEdited by Leah Tanaka Lee Seo Hyun, whose pen name is Cool Summer Night Breeze (서늘한 여름밤 Seoneulhan Yeoreumbam), is
Nabillera is looking for volunteer translators and editors! Volunteer Timeline: The Editor-in-Chief receives stories and poems from writers and conducts interviews with writers. The Editor-in-Cheif sends out an email to translators and checks who wants to translate poems, stories, or interviews for the following issue. The Translators get six weeks to translate one short story
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The Man Who Only Lives Today A review of Keum Jungyun’s novel: Ego Music: A Paradise for Dogs (Seoul Saenghwal, 2015) Keum Jungyun. Seoulite. Professional book critic. Quoter. Dog lover. Has written two books. Analrealist. Translated by Beth Hong “All novels with dogs are masterpieces. No matter how messed up it gets in the middle, if
Quote–Text Kang Dong Ho. Critic. Analrealist. Translated by Beth Hong In 1971, Roland Barthes attempted a systemic approach in outlining the conceptual difference between work and text in a short article “From Work to Text.” His concept of text, described in a total of six categories (methodology, genre, symbol, plurality, genealogy, reading, and pleasure), was
Epilogue: A Trip to New Zealand Jeong Jidon Translated by Suhyun J. Ahn It was Wednesday. I heard my father talking to my mother by chance. “Get Ready. We will be off to New Zealand on Saturday.” So I prepared for it. I rummaged through the books about New Zealand at the school library and