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April 2014

Lee Yeong-Gwang (이영광)
  • Poetry

“Fifty” by Lee Yeong-Gwang

JibrilWednesday, April 30th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

It’s been a blur, vague like the names of characters I can’t quite rememberfrom a Russian novel I’ve read,but I…

Hwang In-Sook (황인숙)
  • Featured
  • Poetry

“River” by Hwang In-Sook

JibrilTuesday, April 22nd, 2014Tuesday, February 6th, 2024

Don’t open up to me about how lonely you are, how burdened you are, how much you want to go crazy, how sane you are, about the bugs in your heart

Hwang Dong-Kyu (황동규)
  • Featured
  • Poetry

“Small Love Song” by Hwang Dong-Kyu

JibrilSunday, April 20th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

I received a letter which held yesterday.The path that had always trailed behind yousuddenly disappeared,and everything that wasn’t the path went with it.Scattered stoneswhich…

Ki Hyeong-Do (기형도)
  • Featured
  • Poetry

“Jealousy is My Strength” by Ki Hyeong-Do

JibrilThursday, April 10th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

After much time has passed, a weak bookmark will make these pages fall. In the past, my heart filled so…

Lee Hong (이홍)
  • Fiction

“A Time of Goodbyes: Part 1” by Lee Hong

JibrilSunday, April 6th, 2014Friday, January 24th, 2025

May, 1996: 19 year-old me is slowly slipping further away from home. The backs of a few buildings have already…

Heo Yeong-Ja (허영자)
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  • Poetry

“Lover” by Heo Yeong-Ja

JibrilFriday, April 4th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

Gazesecretly downwards on clear daysthrough clearness on rainy daysthrough rain in dewin flowersin the morning star… my love inall creationit…

Hwang Yoon-Sook (황윤숙)
  • Featured
  • Poetry

“To Loneliness” by Hwang Yoon-Sook

JibrilWednesday, April 2nd, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

Some poets, on seeing a wheel, want to roll.Some painters, on seeing a flat surface lifted up,want to walk along…

Recent Translations

  • “Mistletoe and Winter Clothes” by Jeong Jin-Kyu
  • “A Stroll Inside a Black Pocket” by Kang Seong-Eun
  • “Drying Rack” by Kim Hye-Soo
  • “Moisture 2” by Kim Kwang-Kyu
  • “Love’s Starlight” by Heo Man-Ha
  • “An Unexpected Briskness” by Lee Seong-Bu

From the Archives

  • “Land of Fire” by Nam Jin-Woo

  • Interview with Jeong Yeon-Bin

  • “Structure of Chairs” by Lee Soo-Myeong

  • “Birthday” by Kim Hye-Soon

  • “A Single Name” by Lee Je-Ni

  • “Fading Flesh” by Kim So-Yeon