Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a book that wants to be a poem. Or maybe it’s a poem that wants to be a novel. Alternating between prose and poetry, […]
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Patricia Park’s Korean American Retelling of ‘Jane Eyre’
Pictured above is Korean American author Patricia Park with the cover of her debut novel, Re Jane. (Headshot by Allana Taranto) by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com When Korean […]
‘Oldboy’ Director Park Chan-wook Shoots Lesbian Film ‘Fingersmith’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Oldboy director Park Chan-wook has started principal photography on his Korean adaptation of Sarah Waters’ lesbian thriller novel, Fingersmith. Set in Victorian-era London, Waters’ […]
‘Super Sad True Love Story’ to be Adapted as TV Series
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Super Sad True Love Story, the best-selling novel from 2010 that chronicles the courtship between the middle-aged son of a Russian immigrant and […]
Chang-rae Lee a Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Novelist Chang-rae Lee is among 30 finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the best books of 2014 for his dystopian […]
‘Waxing Moon’ Tells 19th Century Korean Herstory
by JONATHAN CHA During a waxing moon, the moon grows, changing from a new moon into a full moon. The increase in illumination, especially the intensity of light from […]
Must-Read: ‘THE LOWLAND’ BY JHUMPA LAHIRI
Story by Taylor Weik. It’s in the very first chapter that the title is mentioned. Near a country club built for the wealthy British in the locality of Tollygunge, […]
