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City Literature: LARB Blog

It’s my bi-weekly piece in the Los Angeles Review of Books Korea Blog. This week the article is BRIGHT LIES, BIG CITY: KOREAN AUTHORS AND SEOUL. Below you will find additional information on the books/stories I mentioned on the LARB Blog .Here’s an excerpt and below that the information on all the works mentioned in the…

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Fixed the Book!

Not exactly earth-shaking. But when I ordered Modern Short Stories from Korea from “Pursuit of Happiness” Books in “Good” shape I did not expect a partially torn off cover and disconnected spine.     But as the only other copy cost $125.00 on Amazon(!) I decided to go online and figure out how to fix…

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Korean Modern Literature: Bio of Kim Sagwa

In The Future of Silence (Great and reviewed at this link), Korean author Kim Sagwa is presented in English for the second time, the first time in an easily accessible format. I reached out to Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton for more information on Kim, and this is what they responded, which aligns with what I…