Note By Translators The incumbent under secretary of education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, is a figure of controversy in Hong Kong’s political scene. A pro-Beijing figure in the pan-democrat field of education, her nomination for office at the education bureau …
With the philosophy of William James as the backbone, this essay explores the contemporary notion of literary anthropology and poses broader questions about interpreting both literature and life, showcasing a human being in his attempt to make sense of the …
* Oil boom. Farewell, boom. The Permian basin has abruptly sinkholed a large chunk of caky earth in Wink, Texas. Gooey gold, gooey eyes. It was in 1980, says the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), when the basin, a large …
This text was transcribed from this picture of a wall near the famous parador of Oropesa in the Province of Toledo in Spain. It describes the origin of the word Oropesa in folkloric terms; in Spanish oro means gold and …
The last four months of my life were spent in the magical Northern city of Saint Petersburg. Everyday, on my way to the metro station nearest my house, I passed this small but useful market — a stark white, concrete …
All the Garbage of the World Unite Written by Kim Hyesoon. Translated, from the Korean, by Don Mee Choi. “Therefore as woman, as poet, I dance and rescue the things that have fallen into the coil of magnificent silence; I …