“I Met an Old Woman: Day 1” by Choi Ok-Jeong
Day 1: A little girl spat on my shoes. While it didn’t actually hit but just sorta fell between them to the ground, I gave her a shove in the chest with my right...
Korean Literature in Translation
by Jibril · Published Saturday, May 24th, 2014 · Last modified Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
Day 1: A little girl spat on my shoes. While it didn’t actually hit but just sorta fell between them to the ground, I gave her a shove in the chest with my right...
by Jibril · Published Saturday, May 10th, 2014 · Last modified Monday, September 5th, 2016
Grant us a speech that never needs to spread vocal cords. Let us stand in the world with the eyes of a village wind arriving unfamiliar each day. Let poetry not develop as intended and the...
I’m standing at the end of a corridor. Trying not to go to you, I bent down. Bent towards flowers blooming on the ground,towards the shadow of flowers in hiding. Having folded, I failed to...