This is an interview of Son Bo-mi, the featured writer of KLN Vol. 65. Writer and translator Janet Hong interviews Son, asking questions about her works, including her debut short story collection Bringing Them the Lindy Hop, as well as aspects of the author’s life, literary experience, and artistic world.

2024-09-01 to 2024-09-01

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The theme of KLN Vol. 65 is “A Day in the Life of a Seoulite.” In the Cover Feature essays, a writer, a novelist, and an essayist discuss the issue’s theme. The Featured Writer section presents an interview with the featured writer Son Bo-mi, her short story “The Substitute Teacher,” and a critical essay on her artistic world. The Bookmark section features the short stories “Dear My Bias” by Ryu Si-eun and “Method of Mourning” by An Boyun, as well as two poems each by Ko Sunkyung and Im Yu Young. This issue also introduces an excerpt of Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min in English. Lastly, a team of reviewers consisting of critics, writers, translators, and an editor have written reviews of five books: Dawn of Labor by Park Nohae, Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-Pyung Sohn, The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo, Veda (Farewell) by Kim Young-ha, and To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young.

2024-09-01 to 2024-09-01

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This is an interview of Kim So Yeon, the featured writer of KLN Vol. 64. Lee Jenny, a fellow poet, focuses on Kim’s works while asking questions about her motivations for writing poetry, as well as her artistic world and literary experiments.

2024-06-01 to 2024-06-01

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The theme of KLN Vol. 64 is “AKA Korean SF.” In the Cover Feature section, a writer, a critic, and a professor discuss the characteristics and trends of Korean science fiction. The Featured Writer section presents an interview with the featured poet Kim So Yeon, ten of her poems, and a critical essay on her artistic world. The Bookmark section features the short stories “The Diving Bell and the Poison” by Lee Jangwook and “Summer” by Kim Umji, as well as two poems each by poets Park Yeon Joon and Kim Bok Hui. This issue also introduces the second of three installments of Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min in English. Lastly, a team of reviewers consisting of writers, translators, professors and a critic have written reviews of five books: I’m Waiting for You by Kim Bo-young, The Greenhouse at the End of the World by Kim Choyeop, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee, The Owl Cries by Pyun Hye-young, and Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum.

2024-06-01 to 2024-06-01

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The theme of the 63rd issue of KLN is “Breath, Respite, and Emptiness.” In the Cover Feature, a critic, a writer, and a poet discuss the issue’s theme. The Featured Writer section presents an interview with the featured novelist Choi Eunmi, her short story “That Place,” and an essay on her artistic world. The Bookmark section features short story “Anatomical Part” by Lim Solah and “Representation and Presentation” by Yun Haeseo, as well as two poems each by poets Lee Min-ha and Hwang Yuwon. For classical fiction, this issue features an English translation of The Tale of Unyŏng. A team of reviewers consisting of critics, writers, a professor, and an editor have written reviews of five books, Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, Impossibles Adieux by Han Kang, Semilla (Seed) by Bora Chung, One-letter Dictionary by Kim So Yeon, and Father’s Liberation Diary by Jeong Ji A.

2024-03-01 to 2024-03-01

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This is the full text of Lee Jenny’s poems “Meeting on a Byroad” and “The Night’s Direction and Marble Games,” featured in the Bookmark section of KLN Vol. 62.

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-01

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This is the full text of Kim Byoungwoon’s “September Is a Prayer for the Estranged,” featured in the Bookmark section of KLN Vol. 62.

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-01

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This is a Cover Feature essay on the theme “Outside the Book, Inside the Bookshop” of KLN Vol. 62. Writer Keum Jungyun reflects on the significance of bookstores today, recalling the literary bookstore run by her uncle where she spent most of her time during her school days.

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-01

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This is a Cover Feature essay on the theme “Outside the Book, Inside the Bookshop” of KLN Vol. 62. Gu Sun-A, owner of the bookstore Yeonhui, analyzes the revival of independent bookstores and reflects on the significance of bookstores, which expand literary experiences.

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-01

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This is a Cover Feature essay on the theme “Outside the Book, Inside the Bookshop” of KLN Vol. 62. Han Min-jeong, the owner of Goyo Letter reflects on the significance of bookstores alongside the behind-the-scenes stories of planning programs that bring together literature and other artistic genres, such as music and photography.

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-01

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