“Is There Nothing to Grab Onto When We Feel So Hollow?”: Eight Voices of Korean Short Fiction Speaking Out

Written by Kristy Dolson This month I chose to review Wayfarer: New Fiction by Korean Women. It is an anthology of eight stories written by well-known Korean authors, translated and … Read More

“A Scattering of the Faintest Stars”: Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson

Spring has arrived and as the planet begins another journey around the sun, all around us are the reminders that after death comes new life. This unending cycle of rejuvenation … Read More

“We Left with Empty Hands”: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Written by Kristy Dolson   It should come as no surprise that most readers have a list of authors they consider to be both phenomenal writers and incredible individuals who … Read More

Sure, I Would Love to Live a Natural Life: Gwangju’s Vegetarian Buffet

Written and photographed by Wilson Melbostad Yes! It’s true. As the title of this monthly column indicates, Gwangju does indeed eat. But let’s focus our gaze on a perhaps more … Read More

가족의 탄생: Family Ties

Written by Cole Clouse The phrase “Never judge a book by its cover” is an apt statement when talking about this movie. The poster I have seen for years is … Read More

Shantaram by Gregory Roberts

Written by Maddy Miller There are some things easily distinguishable as fact or fiction – that two plus two equals four, how much kimchi is too much kimchi, that twelve … Read More

Patty & Bun

Written and photographed by Justin Ramsay Having lived in Gwangju for almost five years, I notice that there are certain themes that seem to crop up when members of the … Read More

“Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov

“When you read Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita, you are guaranteed to experience a process of guilt as you uncover the sordid actions of the narrator Humbert Humbert as he forms an obsessive desire for his landlady’s 12-year-old daughter, Lolita.”