Projects

Writing

2023-24
A story about two childhood friends and the desire to escape, the complexities of imagining a “homeland,” and the power dynamics of migration
Explores how nostalgic and intimate, and yet fractured and unclear, childhood friendships can be & expresses a sense of being lost and ungrounded everywhere that is particularly pertinent to our generation
Written in both English and Korean (working with a new bilingual creative process)
Advised by professor Joyce Carol Oates

Jun-Aug 2022
A collection of six short stories set in and around "disappearing" places in Seoul
A fictional homage to the spaces that might only remain in memories
Features two stories in Korean (one translated from English)
Self-organized research (including photography, interviews, etc.) for eight weeks in Korea
Funding Grant Awards from the Princeton Department of Comparative Literature and the Lewis Center for the Arts

Jun-Aug 2023
Korean-to-English translation of Jung Ji Hyang's debut novel, winner of the Munhakdongnae College Student Novel Prize
A book that captures the particular desperation and love young people find for each other as they struggle to make sense of their futures
Developed at Bread Loaf Translator's Conference 2023
Funding Grant Award from Princeton Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication (PTIC)