Fiction/Poetry
categoryWhen I’m Forbidden: Ten Shijo by Yook Woo-dang
By Yook Woo-dang Hesitation Sorrow at loving you when I'm forbidden. I watch from the offing, a smile on my...
Queering Korean Literature: Author and Activist Yi Gwang-su
By Gabriel Sylvian Why doesn’t Korea, a country proud of many "firsts" and "bests," memorialize the first short story ever...
The Dossier of Timothy Cotton Part 6: The Change and Escape
By Jesse Coy At one end of the officetel it was the loud and angry assault on the door, while...
Plastic Sex Part 4 (the final installment)
By Yi Nam-hui Translation by Gabriel Sylvian This is the final installment of this story. Read part 1 , part...
The Dossier of Timothy Cotton Part 5: Makgeolli, Pufferfish and Dduk
By Jessie Coy Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. That Friday, as soon as classes ended, Reggie and...
Plastic Sex Part 3
By Yi Nam-hui At the end of last year, designated as “Literature Year,” there was a small fracas in publishing...
Plastic Sex Part 2
By Yi Nam-hui Translation by Gabriel Sylvian Editor's note: This is the second of several parts of Yi's short story....
From ‘Woman’s Duty’ to Women’s Play: Lesbian Explorations in Yi Nam-hui’s ‘Plastic Sex’
By Gabriel Sylvian Amidst rigid familism, strict gender roles and moral orthodoxy often equated with national identity and “national sentiment,”...
Plastic Sex Part 1
By Yi Nam-hui Translation by Gabriel Sylvian Editor's note: This will be the first of several parts of Yi's short...
3 Ashcan Epigrams
By Kenneth McIntyre Hello? Yea Don't ask for money It's mine You're a fucking bum You've told me that for...
The Dossier of Timothy Cotton Part 4: Pinkie and Tongue
By Jesse Coy Nelson There were so many points in life that once having relevance for Scott now held little...
(What’s so Funny ’bout) Peace, Gyopo Love and Literary Understanding (Parts 1,2 and 3)
By Mizaru In 1948 Korea competed at the summer Olympics in London, England winning a bronze medal in both men/s...
East of Eden
By Samual Sheppard I could be James Dean in Korea, My tongue’s the source of my powers. But I don’t...
(What’s so Funny ‘bout) Peace, Gyopo Love and Literary Understanding?
By Mizaru A review Of Nanoomi/Subject Object Verb’s Quest: Does Asian America Need a Brand Makeover? Editor’s note: Before the...
The Dossier of Timothy Cotton Pt. 3: “No, I’m Jon!”
By Jesse Coy Nelson Part 1 is here and part 2 is here. "No, I'm Jon!" "I'm Jon!" It started...