Looking Glass
Translation by Ethan Fenlon, a first year ETA in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do Since Narcissus, Western literature has dealt with the motif of the mirror with a tinge of distrust: mirrors distract, mirrors disturb, mirrors lie. However, in his 1938 poem “Looking Glass,” Yoon Kon-Kang probes a more terrible truth, and questions what would happen if the […]
Beyond the Bushes
By Deanna Leung, a first year ETA in Wando, Jeollanam-do When she let go of trying to duplicate her old life in her new home, the sun marked her like a crosswalk… She lifted her soles and hopes high, and led herself to new places -Beyond the bushes [Featured photo by Abigail Offei-Addo]
Through Mud and Myth
By Johanna Alexander, a second year ETA in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do The importance of history, they say, is that if we know the mistakes of those who came before us, we can avoid repeating them in the future. I’ll grant them this: it’s good advice if you’re like the people in those histories. The kind of […]