Literature
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The Korean Cookbook with Chef Junghyun Park
Monday, November 13, 2023 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
Photo by Peter Ash Lee Acclaimed two-Michelin-starred chef Junghyun (JP) Park invites you to discover the delicious and joyful world of Korean cuisine known as Hansik. Together with Jungyoon Choi, globally renowned expert on Korean food, Chef Park presents an expansive and scholarly exploration of Korean cooking and proves that there is much more to celebrate about Korean fare than just barbecue. Following 10 years of in-depth research – and 20 years of friendship – Park and Choi have meticulously crafted the... Read More -
E. J. Koh: The Liberators with Anton Hur
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | 6:00 PM- Youtube Video:
Extraordinarily beautiful and deeply moving, The Liberators by E. J. Koh is an elegantly wrought family saga of memory, trauma, and empathy, and a stunning testament to the consequences and fortunes of inheritance. From the Gwangju Massacre to the 1988 Olympics, flashbacks to Korean repatriation A moving and lyrical debut novel. . . . Koh has fully harnessed her potential in this assured outing.—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review An epic saga.—Book Page, A Most Anticipated Fiction Book of Fall 2023 At the... Read More -
Djuna: Counterweight with translator Anton Hur
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
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 between issuing sonorous warnings about the existential risks of the A.I. systems they’re developing and breathless hype about brain-computer... Read More -
Author Talks: Yu Miri
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 5:00 PM- Youtube Video:
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 power of its own.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Yu’s passion for rescuing history from violence is palpable on every page.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS In... Read More -
Korean and English Bilingual Poetry Reading
Friday, October 6, 2023 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
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 well known to many audiences, Korean poetry contains a rich and vibrant tradition that is yet to be understood. It is through the exchanging of dialogue, breath, and verse that the moment of Korean poetry... Read More -
From DMZ Colony to Phantom Pain Wings: An Evening with Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 7:30 PMThis 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 when one brilliant poet translates another. For over a decade, poet Don Mee Choi (National Book Award winner, Guggenheim and MacArthur fellow) has been translating the fiercely iconoclastic... Read More -
Behind the Scenes: Writing a Picture Book
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
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. Seeing and reading accurate representations of one's own identity and culture provide a sense of visibility and relatability. Not only are diverse... Read More -
Angie Kim: Happiness Falls with Susan Choi
Friday, September 8, 2023 | 6:00 PM- Youtube Video:
“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 When a father goes missing, his family’s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one “I read Happiness Falls in a single day. I can’t remember a book with more... Read More -
Dress History of Korea
Thursday, July 13, 2023 | 6:00 PM- Youtube Video:
Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress and fashion of Korea. Through close analysis of visual, written, and material sources—some newly excavated or recently re-discovered in global museums—the book reveals how dress and adornment evolved from the period of state formation to the modern era. As in other cultures, modern Korean Bringing together a wealth of primary... Read More -
Author Talks: Cheon Myeong-kwan
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 5:00 PM- Youtube Video:
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the winner of a PEN/Heim Grant, Cursed Bunny is the wildly original debut story collection from Bora Chung Whale is a rollercoaster adventure through Korean history and culture, a magical and grotesque epic...The plot twists and turns and hurtles along in a way that makes you pleasantly dizzy; the imagery and language in the book are also so rich, with the innocence and darkness of a fairy-tale combined with a playful sense of irony.—The International Booker... Read More