Ordinary Misfortunes by Emily Jungmin Yoon

Ordinary Misfortunes

Emily Jungmin Yoon

27 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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Poetry. Korea continues to grapple with the shared memory of its Japanese and US occupations. The poems in ORDINARY MISFORTUNES incorporate actual testimony about cruelty against vulnerable bodies--including the wianbu, euphemistically known as "c...

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