Moderated by Jane Yong Kim, Korean American authors Alice Sola Kim, Cathy Park Hong, Ed Park, Gina Chung, and Hannah Bae discuss their work in relation to the spirit of radicalism in the Korean diasporic imaginary as exemplified by the latest installments in Kaya Press’ Magpie Series for Korean Literature in Translation: Djuna‘s speculative fiction Not Yet Gods and the historical recovery project Song of Arirang. Attendees are invited to bring excerpts meaningful to their own political and creative development, which will be collated into zines on-site to take home. Learn more and RSVP here.

This is an official 2025 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends Event, sponsored by the USC Dornsife Korean Studies Institute and held in partnership with Kaya Press and the Asian American Writers' Workshop.