“Pulgasari” (1985) and the Art of Captive Cinema
How Kim Jong Il's monster film backfired.
Nonfiction
Personal essays, narratives and more.
Explore a featured selection of my writing work below.
The Inside of the Outside is the Inside
How North Korea exerts power over its citizens even after they cross the border.
Welcome to Juche America
Exploring the connections between Americans and North Korea's Juche ideology.
Two bodies, three graves
On pages 62-69, you will read my story about a mother’s arduous journey with grief after losing three sons. One son went missing on a summer day in 1989. His mother has never stopped wondering what happened to him.
Idol lost
An illustration of Kayla posing for an Instagram photo, showing off her phases of the moon tattoo. She loved anything witchy and astronomical.
I set my phone to a heartbeat vibration a week before I got the call. Instead of a few long buzzes, my phone would erupt in quick, irritating pulses. I hadn’t received many phone calls in that time, and the ones that did come through startled me into answering.
When Suzy, a high school friend I had long since lost contact with, called, I still hesitated
I set my phone to a heartbeat vibration a week before I got the call. Instead of a few long buzzes, my phone would erupt in quick, irritating pulses. I hadn’t received many phone calls in that time, and the ones that did come through startled me into answering.
When Suzy, a high school friend I had long since lost contact with, called, I still hesitated
About Me
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