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A powerful work of cultural memory that recovers voices from Korea's heartbreakingly violent postcolonial history.
List of contents
Sky Translation
Wings of Return
-Ahn Hak-s¿p #1
-Ahn Hak-s¿p #2
-Ahn Hak-s¿p #3
-Ahn Hak-s¿p #4
-Ahn Hak-s¿p #5
Planetary Translation
The Orphans
-Orphan Cheo Geum-jeom
-Orphan Heo Jeom-dal
-Orphan Kim Kyong-nam
-Orphan Kim Kap-sun
-Orphan Cheong Cheong-ja
-Orphan Wu Gi-myo
-Orphan Yi Jeong-seon
-Orphan Kim Seong-rye
-Orphan Nine
-Who am I?
The Apparatus
Interpellation of Return
Mirror Words
-Ruoy Ycnellecxe
-Who are you?
-Your Excellency
-Era uoy evila?
-Sky Similes for Snow Geese
-(Blue x 300!)
(Neo) (=) (Angels)
Notes
Acknowledgements
About the author
Born in Seoul, South Korea,
Don Mee Choi is the author of
Hardly War (Wave Books, 2016),
The Morning News Is Exciting (Action Books, 2010), and several chapbooks and pamphlets of poems and essays. She has received a Whiting Award, Lannan Literary Fellowship, Lucien Stryk Translation Prize, and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship. She has translated several collections of Kim Hyesoon's poetry, including
Autobiography of Death (New Directions, 2018), which received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.
Summary
A powerful work of cultural memory that recovers voices from Korea's heartbreakingly violent postcolonial history.
Foreword
- Galley and review copy mailings to major book reviews, literary journals, and library buyers' guides.
- Author interview pitches.
- Social media campaign.
- Outreach to independent booksellers.
- Outreach to poetry and related literary organizations.
- Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author events.
- Display at conferences and bookfairs.
- Co-op available
