SELECTED WRITING
Reviews
“The Puzzle of Ryan Lee Wong’s Activist Autofiction.” The Nation. March 2023.
“Yun Ko-eun’s The Disaster Tourist.” White Review. September 2020.
“Sea Mothers.” Mekong Review. August 2020.
“Friend by Paek Nam-nyong review – a bestseller from North Korea.” The Guardian. May 2020.
essays
“Not Your Model Colony.” A Broad and Ample Road. October 2023.
“Mandarin Class.” Mekong Review. February 2023.
“Younghill Kang is Missing.” The Margins (AAWW). September 2022
“Seolleongtang is the Korean Comfort Food I Crave Most.” The Infatuation. May 2021.
“Skyscrapers.” Willowherb Review. August 2020.
“Korea Through the London Eye.” The Offing. May 2019.
“Before Han Kang.” Words Without Borders. May 2018.
“The American Imagination: Untangling Eddie Huang, Claudia Rankine and Racial Hierarchy.” Brooklyn Magazine. December 2016.
“WSLY 370: On a Hazardous Woman.” Counterpoint. March 2012.
Profiles & Interviews
“Meet the Korean Adoptee Saving Seeds of the East Asian Diaspora.” Modern Farmer. July 2022 with farmer Kristyn Leach
“A Conversation with Elaine Hsieh Chou.” Adroit Journal. June 2022 with novelist Elaine Hsieh Chou
“The Weight of War: A Conversation with Keum Suk Gendry-Kim.” The Margins (AAWW). November 2021 with graphic novelist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
“Inheriting the Legacy of Japanese Imperialism.” Electric Literature. November 2021 with author Asako Serizawa
“The First State-Approved North Korean Novel in English.” Literary Hub. May 2020 with translator Immanuel Kim
translation
‘“I can’t bury my heart anywhere on this earth”: Two poems by Sister Claudia Lee Hae-in.’ Circumference Magazine. August 2021.
Press
Poets & Writers | “Giving Translators Their Due” (March/April 2022)
Colorlines | “The Good, the Bad, the Beautiful: Moving Back Home During the Pandemic” (March 2021)
Heritage Food Radio | Meant to Be Eaten podcast | “The Fistful of Rice that Fueled South Korea’s Democratic Revolution” (May 2020)
Newsday | “‘Girls Write Now’ Anthology Showcases Essays by Young Women from NYC and LI” (October 2018)
book
Girls Write Now (Tin House, 2018)