An “antic, madcap noir with flair” (Wired) and “fast-paced cyberpunk story” (The New York Times Book Review) from one of South Korea’s most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown “An efficient, fast-paced cyberpunk story . . . The novel’s speculations about human agency resonate in the current moment, when American tech C.E.O.s oscillate […]
Author photo courtesy of Tilted Axis Press In 2020, beloved Zainichi Korean writer Yu Miri and prize-winning translator Morgan Giles won the National Book Award in Translated Literature for Tokyo Ueno Station, a deeply emotional and unflinchingly bold novel that highlighted the socioeconomic injustices and devastating human cost of modernization. “Artful and kinetic…This has a […]
Images courtesy of the artists | Firing clay has been amongst the few mediums to have persevered through thousands of years. Three contemporary ceramic artists pursue their own exploration with clay while reshaping the tradition. Transcending the stereotype of the medium, Janny Baek, Steven Young Lee, and Sunkoo Yuh offer new perspectives shaped by cultural […]
Three poets. Three translators. One conversation. We invite you to join us for an evening of bilingual poetry readings. Three poets – Moon Bo Young, Kim Liyoun, Kim Sono – along with three translators – Soje, Eunice Lee, Jenny Jisun Kim – explore the power of language to connect us with one another. Not as […]
This evening is devoted to the incendiary magic that arises when one brilliant poet translates another. For over a decade, poet Don Mee Choi (National Book Award winner, Guggenheim and MacArthur fellow) (l) Kim Hyesoon © Jung Melmel; (r) Don Mee Choi © Dirk Skiba This evening is devoted to the incendiary magic that arises […]
Images courtesy of the artists | September 14-December 8, 2023| Firing clay has been amongst the few mediums to have persevered through thousands of years. Three contemporary ceramic artists pursue their own exploration with clay while reshaping the tradition. Transcending the stereotype of the medium, Janny Baek, Steven Young Lee, and Sunkoo Yuh offer new […]
Join two Korean-American picture book writers as they discuss the many different layers of consideration, introspection, and deliberation that go into conceiving and writing picture books, and the importance of humor and diversity in children’s literature. For many young readers, being able to see themselves reflected in the books they read is a profound experience. […]
“I read Happiness Falls in a single day. I can’t remember a book with more layers—this is a nuanced story about bias, language, ableism, racism, and family dynamics—but above all else this is a story with so many twists and turns I was riveted through the last page.”—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author […]
Images courtesy of the artists | Two young Korean-American photographers present a series of images, a poignant portrait of a community and its habitants from the areas considered to be “Koreatown”—one in Los Angeles, one in New York. Emanuel Hahn and Janice Chung document the lives and stories in two of the most diverse neighborhoods […]
World-renowned South Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho, cite Kim Ki-young as being the greatest Korean influence on their work. When Yuh-Jung Youn won the best supporting actress award at the 2021 Oscars, she thanked Kim Ki-young, the “genius” director of the first film she starred in, 1971’s Woman of Fire. During […]
