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Introducing Kim Bo-young's short story [How Alike Are We], we talk about gender inequality in Korea. Translated by Gord Sellar and Jihyun Park

Introducing three poems in [Selected Poems of Kim Sakkat] - [Composed Extempore: Self Reflection], [First Seen Along the Road], [Cat] Translated by Kevin O'Rourke

Introducing Im Seong-sun's novel [The Consultant], we talk about the violence of restructuring. Translated by An Seon Jae

Introducing Kye Yong-muk's short story [The Human Arachnid], we talk about the lives of Korean laborers. Translated by Eugene Larsen-Hallock

Introducing Kim Ae-ran's short story [The Future of Silence], we talk about language. Translated by Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton

Introducing the short story [Under the Plum Tree] from by Cho Nam-joo's collection of novels [Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories], we talk about Korea's aging population. Translated by Jamie Chang

Introducing three poems in Kim Hye-soon's collection of poems [Phantom Pain Wings], we talk about death and loss. Translated by Don Mee Choi

Introducing Lee Miye's novel [Dallergut Dream Department Store], we dive into a cozy fantasy and dream worlds. Translated by Sandy Joosun Lee

Introducing three sijo of Yi I, Chong Chol and An Minyong in the Sijo collection [Shijo Rhythms]. Translated by Kevin O'Rourke

Introducing Lee Jimin's short story [Walk With a Goddess], we talk about life and death. Translated by Paige Aniyah Morris

ntroducing Kim Sa-ryang's short story [The Man I Met in Lock Up], we talk about the lives of colonial Joseon intellectuals. Translated by Jamie Chang

Introducing Hwang Bo-reum's novel [Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop], we talk about interesting books from Korea and around the world. Translated by Shanna Tan

Introducing Han Yujoo's short story [Left's Right Right's Left], we talk about the fear that many women have of men. Translated by Janet Hong

Introducing Gong Ji-young's novel [Togani], we talk about a true incidents which occurred at a school for hearing-impaired persons in Gwangju. Translated by Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton

Introducing three poems in Kim Kwang-kyu's collection of poems [A Journey to Seoul] - The headline work [A Journey to Seoul], [Future], [Two generations] Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize

Introducing Kim Yu-jeong's short story [The Scoundrels], we talk about the hardships of life. Translated by Charles La Shure

Introducing Pyun Hye-young's novel [The Owl Cries], we talk about the disappearing villages due to the decline in Korea's population. Translated by Sora Kim Russell

Introducing Pak Kyongni's short story [The Age of Doubt], we learn about Author Pak Kyongni. Translated by Anton Hur

Introducing Jo Kyung-ran's short story [Looking for the Elephant] Translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Introducing Su Jung-in's novel [Three Days of Autumn, 1948], we talk about the Yeosu and Suncheon 10.19 incident. Translated by Jamie Chang

Introducing Kim Soom's short story [Noodles], we talk about women in Korean families and Korean noodle culture. Translated by An Seon-jae

Introducing Djuna's short story [Counterweight], we talk about AI(Artificial intelligence). Translated by Anton Hur

Introducing Shin Kyung-sook's short story [House on the Prairie], we talk about horror. Translated by Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton

Introducing Kim Yeon-su's short story [New York Bakery], we talk about bakeries in Korea. Translated by An Seon Jae

Introducing Pyun Hye-young's short story [O. Cuniculus], we talk about your place in life and the workplace. Translated by Sora Kim Russell