Jar of Fat

An absurdist comedy and fifteenth winner of the Yale Drama Prize, exploring family, religion, identity, desire, and beauty in Korean American culture

About the author

Seayoung Yim is a playwright and educator from Seattle. She completed an MFA in playwriting at Brown University and is a member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab. Her play Jar of Fat won the 2022 Yale Drama Series Prize. She lives in the Northeast.

Summary

An absurdist comedy and fifteenth winner of the Yale Drama Prize, exploring family, religion, identity, desire, and beauty in Korean American culture

Product details

• Authors: Seayoung Yim
• Assisted by: Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig (Foreword), Jacqueline Goldfinger (Foreword), Grise Virginia (Foreword), Rachel Lynett (Foreword), Neil Wechsler (Foreword), Leah Nanako Winkler (Foreword)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 0 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9780300268010
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26801-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Yale Drama; Yale Drama Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / American / General, Literature: history & criticism, Plays, Playscripts