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Translation Portfolio

Poetry

  • Ahn Hee-yeon’s “A Great Life,” “The Beginning of a Wave,” and “Walking in a Carrot Field” for the 5th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2024)
  • Kim Eunji’s “Bats and Bumps and Weather,” “Can’t It Snow a Little,” and “Everyday, Finally” for the 5th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2024)
  • Kim Hyun’s “Pieta,” “White Deer,” and “Why is Becoming Human So Quiet?” for the 5th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2024)
  • Lee Soyoun’s “Jungnangcheon Stream, To Death” and “Threw Away, Set On Fire” for the 5th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2024)
  • Ra Heeduk”s “Days,” “Rhythm 0,” “Ruined Classroom,” and “To the Starving Artist” in New England Review (2024)
  • Ahn Oh-il’s “The Truth of May, the Light of Ages” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Son Taek-su’s “Unguarded,” “The Words ‘As You Are’,” “Odalman,” “The Rhetoric of Trees I,” and “Moseulpo” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Mun Jeonghui’s “A Love Poem for Hangyeryeong” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Koh Young-seo’s “The End of That Long Drought,” “Woman Playing Guitar,” “Morin Khuur,” “The Question of Neunggasa Temple,” and “That One Rock”for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Jang Yi-ji’s “Downpour,” “Long Love Letter,” “Sudden Change,” “Hanshan,” and “The Ark” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Kim Vladimir’s “On the Train of Memory” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Kim Sijong’s “Words with Closed Mouths,” “April, Oh Distant Days,” “If Anything,” “My Gender, My Life,” and “Southern Island” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Kim Suwu’s “Rootist,” “Spinal Disc,” “Layers,” “Rubber Toes,” and “Slope” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Hwang Geum-nyeo’s “I Am Here” in Chogwa (2022)
  • Ra Hee-duk’s “Codename Poetry,” “Paper Prison,” and “Evening’s Q&A” in Asymptote Blog (2021)
  • Park Seo-won’s “Wishes” in Chogwa (2020)
  • Jin Eun-young’s “Snail” in Chogwa (2019)
  • Lee Jenny’s “The Darkness and the Clouds,” “The Heart of an Ant,” “A Small and Black Box,” and “Panorama, Limitlessly” in Puerto del Sol (2019)

SHORT FICTION

  • Jung Ryu-jin’s “Training Wheels” (excerpt) for the 5th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2024)
  • Lee Seo-su’s “Young Geunhee’s March” (excerpt)  for the 5th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2024)
  • Ye So-yeon’s “The Cat and the Desert Sisters” (excerpt) for the 5th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2024)
  • Park Wan-suh’s “That Woman’s House,” in Azalea 16 (2023)
  • Im Guk-yeong’s “Across the Tooniverse,” in Azalea 15 (2022)

NONFICTION

  • Kim Sijong’s “Poetry Exists, Even Unwritten” for the 4th Annual Asian Literature Festival (2022)
  • Kim Namguk’s BTS Insight (Bimilsincer) (2021)
  • Cha Minju’s Philosophizing About BTS (Bimilsincer) (2020)

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Hi, I’m Emily.

I'm a US-based translator of fiction and poetry from Korean to English and an unserious book reviewer just trying to meet her reading goals. My yearly project is to read at least 52 books in 52 weeks (the 52 IN 52 project you'll see mentioned). Find me at any of the links below, or on Storygraph here.

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