A Different Kind of Butterfly Effect: Frances Cha’s If I Had Your Face
[Y]ou can’t grow up in a cultural milieu and be immune to what it loves.
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Posts Tagged: seoul
History as a Bridge to Belonging: A Conversation with Caroline Kim
Caroline Kim discusses her debut collection, THE PRINCE OF MOURNFUL THOUGHTS AND OTHER STORIES.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Seoul”
It took them almost two weeks to walk to Seoul, such was their pace.
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Writing What Bothers: A Conversation with Frances Cha
Frances Cha discusses her debut novel, IF I HAD YOUR FACE.
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The Poem Must Forgive: E. J. Koh’s The Magical Language of Others
Empathy and forgiveness must begin with understanding.
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Seaweed Soup (Miyuk Gook
미역국)
This is my mother’s soup. This is what I aim for.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Niyah Morris
The lasso was a gaping mouth that opened wide enough, we hoped, to swallow the cloud.
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My Mother’s Tongue
When I spoke Korean, I unearthed a hidden thread that bound us together.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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The Loss of a Whole Korea
Only peace. Wholeness will not happen for our generation.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: RememberYou
They had begun studying memory hoping to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, the doctor explains. But instead, they found other results.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany tried to buy a Father’s Day gift at Amazon’s new real world store. A rare bookstore in London, known as a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, has found a new home in a stunning townhouse. Despite a huge number of new books and voracious readers, Japan’s bookstores keep closing.
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You’ll never believe this amazing sales technique! A bookstore is making clickbait headlines from classic novel plots. Bustle highlights some unconventional bookstores around the world. April 29 is Independent Bookstore Day and a Seattle area store is issuing a challenge to readers: visit 19 participating stores get your bookstore passport stamped.
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Seattle readers apparently like to drink while browsing for books. 13 million Italians live in municipalities without a bookstore. The LA Times attempts to figure out what Amazon’s first store in New York City will mean for the Strand. Seoul, South Korea, now has an employee-free bookstore.
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Revolution Books in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood is exploiting Trump’s election to raise money for a fight against fascism. People in Japan value neighborhood bookstores so much that local governments are opening government-run stores in an effort to keep community spaces flourishing. A fascist bookstore in Florence, Italy received a special delivery—a bomb. The […]
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Chicago’s bookstores, bracing against the looming arrival of a physical Amazon store, are stronger than ever. Check out this roundup of local indie stores. Fišer bookstore, a Prague institution since the 1930s, is closing. Korea’s oldest bookstore closed fourteen years ago, but Jongno Books is set to reopen in Seoul.
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The Read Along: Christina Nichol
Christina Nichol, author of Waiting for the Electricity, takes a deep dive into Korean literature and catches up on some classics of anthropology and psychology.
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The Name Before My Name
There are times when I must uncork the period, for Isabel only chases my given name.
...moreSeoul’s Tiny Mobile Libraries
Seoul Innovation Park in South Korea is home to four tiny, mobile libraries, part of a project to bring culture to the public space. Each of the unique libraries offers books and a touch of physical art in the park. See photos of each of the tiny libraries here.
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The Part of Stories One Never Quite Believes
And maybe that’s the ticket: grace. It was the year I expected harsh karma. But instead, I called my friends from the gutters of Hollywood and they picked me up. Every time.
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