Sounds the Mountains Make
Sounds the Mountains Make By Teddy Ajluni, a first year ETA in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do At first, you won’t be able to hear it. It’s funny that way. Ambient noise is usually more noticeable to those whose ears it is new to. But not this. You will never notice it unless you were born there or […]
To the Stars and Birds
Translation by Ethan Fenlon, a first year ETA in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do My experience teaching at an all-boys middle school this year could be described as almost anything but serene. On the more chaotic days, I find it helpful to turn to the quiet good sense of those who came before me. I feel a particular […]
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 […]