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‘Intimacy provides the overarching framework for these stories, and not in an at all faintly sentimental manner.’ Felicity Gee reviews I’ll Go On by Hwang Jungeun. Translated by Emily Yae Won
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‘Intimacy provides the overarching framework for these stories, and not in an at all faintly sentimental manner.’ Felicity Gee reviews I’ll Go On by Hwang Jungeun. Translated by Emily Yae Won
A phone call brings back memories from the past. Shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 in the ‘Fiction’ Category.
A tender look at one pair’s journey from the Middle East across Europe, with dreams of England. ‘Babes in the Wood’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the ‘Poetry’ category.
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Guest Edited by Phillip Y Kim and Krys Lee
Editorial by Phillip Y Kim & Krys Lee
Interviews with Chang-rae Lee, Jang Jin-sung, Jung Yewon with Jung Young Moon, Sora Kim-Russell with Pyun Hye-Young
Articles Private Life of the Nation, Between Tradition and Modernity, Representing Seoul
Art Heashin Kwak: Division and Diaspora
Fiction by Yun I-hyeong, Jung Jidon, Ha Seong-nan, Ch'ŏn Un-yŏng, Jung Young Moon
Poetry by Pak Jeong-dae, Han Kang, Kim Ki-taek, Song Gyeong-don, Kim Seung-Hee, Kim So-yeon, Sin Yong-Mok
Reviews: Mary Lynn Bracht White Chrysanthemum; Eugenia Kim The Kinship of Secrets; R O Kwon The Incendiaries; Pyun Hye-young City of Ash and Red; Hwang Sok Young Familiar Things; Kim Young-ha I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, Black Flower, Your Republic is Calling You; Han Yujoo The Impossible Fairytale
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Panelists to include guest editors Phillip Y Kim and Krys Lee as well as issue contributor Brother Anthony.
Wasafiri, The Magazine of International Contemporary Writing is currently offering a part-time editorial and administrative placement opportunity to CHASE students. Wasafiri is the UK’s leading magazine for international contemporary writing. Founded by Susheila Nasta MBE, the first issue was launch…
The winners of the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 are Len Lukowski, Deirdre Shanahan and Daniella Shokoohi.
