News, Reviews, and Interviews In this article from the Korea Herald, translator Sora Kim-Russell points to a “dark, earthy humor” buried under the angst and sorrow in Korean literature.U…
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November 13, 2015- January 30, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTo celebrate the start of political relations between the United States and Cuba, Restless Books has begun a new blog series asking Cuban writers what it…
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