Announcing: K-Lit Writes & K-Lit Book Club
Two opportunities to engage more deeply with Korean Literature in Translation
Beginning in October 2024, I’ll be rolling out bi-weekly writing prompts inspired by translated Korean prose and poetry, writers and forms. I’ll post my offerings and would love to read what you write, too!
In December 2024, I’ll roll out the K-Lit Book Club. We’ll read through 3-4 books a year. Each month, I’ll post a summary of what we’ve read, supporting materials, my reflection, and questions for the group. Even if you’ve already read these books, please consider reading them again with me!
I’d love for this project to become a community for people interested in Korean Literature. Reading and writing in community can make us better readers and writers, and we’ll all benefit from each other’s experiences and expertise regarding translated Korean Literature.
The four books we’ll read in 2025 are:
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This sounds amazing! Looking forward to both the literary prompts and the book club! I’ve been wanting to read Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982 for a while now
One of my favorite books that I read this year is The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir [The Magical Language of Others is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daughter. ...Her mother writes letters in Korean over the years seeking forgiveness and love―letters Eun Ji cannot fully understand until she finds them years later hidden in a box.
As Eun Ji translates the letters, she looks to history]
https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Language-Others-Memoir/dp/1947793381/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=#
Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and the Washington State Book Award in Biography/Memoir
Named One of the Best Books by Asian American Writers by Oprah Daily