SPIEGEL ONLINE / November 22, 2019

Der Roman "Trust Exercise", der am Mittwochabend mit dem National Book Award in der Kategorie "Fiction" ausgezeichnet wurde, spielt in den frühen Achtzigerjahren in einer High School mit künstlerischem Schwerpunkt, gelegen in einer US-Vorstadt. Im Mittelpunkt des Coming-of-Age-Romans steht die Liebesbeziehung zwischen den Schülern David und Sarah - und die Rolle ihres Theaterlehrers Mr. Kingsley.

The Guardian / November 21, 2019

Susan Choi has won the fiction prize at the National Book Awards in New York on Wednesday night. The celebrated author won for her fifth novel, Trust Exercise, about teens attending an elite drama school in the south during the 80s which was praised for its bold experimentations with narrative and form.

VANITY FAIR / November 19, 2019

Susan Choi is not sure where her career is headed. “It could all be downhill from here!” she jokes over breakfast, but the novelist, whose best-selling Trust Exercise is up for a National Book Award, is not entirely kidding. Right now, she’s dealing with the care of an aging relative and the financial pressure to teach year-round at Yale. Her current book has been in progress since before she started writing Trust Exercise, and she’s still not sure whether it will ever be published. “I really do, a lot of days, wake up and think, I will never write again.”

list_Books from Korea / September 01, 2014

Writers Transcend Diaspora By Kim Jonghoi on Oct 30 2014 18:46:59 Vol.25 Autumn 2014While there is no shortage of expressions that reflect this new era of globalization, the world as one global village, one word has become imperative when discussing the current state of the Korean people. Diaspora, a term derived from the Greek meaning “scattering” or “dispersion,” is most notably used in reference to the Jews who were forced to live outside their homeland for most of Jewish history, while retaining their ethnic identity and religious practices.The nature and scope of the diaspora, however, is similar to what has happened to the Korean people since the late 19th century, many of whom left their homeland to survive the turbulent history of modern Korea: the forced occupation of the Korean peninsula by Imperial Japan and the subsequent Korean War that divided the nation into the South and the North. The Korean diaspora includes the ethnic Koreans who moved to China and the Soviet Union in search of a better life; to Japan, drafted into the military but unable to return; and later as exported labor to the United States.

India Education Diary / April 18, 2021

National Book Award-winning novelist Susan Choi, MFA ’95, returns to Cornell for a virtual reading on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. Registration is required for this free and open to the public event. Susan Choi and her work have been praised by many. Joan Didion describes her as “A natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability.” Jennifer Egan says Choi’s work is “Deeply impressive, confident… astute, psychologically persuasive.” Jhumpa Lahiri says Choi writes “with uncompromising grace and mastery.” Choi plans to read from her short story “Flashlight.” The reading will be followed by conversation and a live Q&A, moderated by Professor and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow Stephanie Vaughn. “Flashlight” was published in The New Yorker and is available to read online. The Department of Literatures in English invites the public to take advantage of this special opportunity to read the story in advance. Attendees will have a chance to ask Choi questions about her work and inspiration.

Cornell Chronicle / April 12, 2021

National Book Award-winning novelist Susan Choi, MFA ’95, returns to Cornell for a virtual reading on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. Registration is required for this free and open to the public event. Susan Choi and her work have been praised by many. Joan Didion describes her as “A natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability.” Jennifer Egan says Choi’s work is “Deeply impressive, confident… astute, psychologically persuasive.” Jhumpa Lahiri says Choi writes “with uncompromising grace and mastery.” Choi plans to read from her short story “Flashlight.” The reading will be followed by conversation and a live Q&A, moderated by Professor and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow Stephanie Vaughn.

Resonate / July 08, 2021

"The short story is my first love and first heartbreak" Korean American author Susan Choi has won the 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for her story Flashlight. Choi’s 2020 story follows a 10-year-old girl who seeks help from a psychologist to address her grief following the drowning of her father. The 52-year-old author was presented with the award as well as £30,000. “The short story is my first love and first heartbreak—I started writing novels because I could never get a short story right,” she said.