Running
Written by Gabrielle Nygaard So this is why these Korean winter gusts are called “knife winds.” They slice at the space between my eyes, and I wonder if my skull might split clean in two if not for the 2,000 won [1] headband that encircles my forehead, desperately gripping things together. Nearly a year ago, when […]
Omma
Written by Lea Crowley Two days after moving to my placement city, a coteacher called me and told me an administrator from the school was sending her daughter, Amy, to my apartment to show me around town. I imagine there had been rumors floating around the school about the new foreign teacher’s disaster of an […]
The Unathlete
Written by Ben Harris Out of all the events spanning the two-day sports festival at my school, the scrimmages between the teachers and the students were the most anticipated. People shuffled around listlessly when two classes faced off, but the atmosphere surrounding the teacher-student matches befitted a professional game. I’d been invited to play […]