Records of homosexuality in premodern Korea

Who could their emulation of / the courtly love infringe?

August 1, 2024 | History

The Crimes of the Cat (責猫)

Whose dereliction is it, pray / that mice run mad and wild?

July 16, 2024 | Translation

Crystal stream from verdant mount

Translation of a famous sijo from Chosun-era poet Hwang Jinyi

January 7, 2023 | Translation

Laughing Alone (獨笑)

This is but how the world goes all the time / Alone I laugh, and none do understand!

July 11, 2021 | Translation

The Feminist Pansori

Pansori, a musical form born in openly misogynistic 17th-century Korea, recognizes and celebrates the humanity and worth of women in culturally and historically specific ways.

June 2, 2021 | Fannish

No, Andrew Lee Is Not the "Crown Prince of Korea" (there is someone who comes close, though)

The Korean-American businessman Andrew Lee is not the Crown Prince of Korea. The last Crown Prince of Korea has a living heir, though.

June 1, 2021 | History

On Gardening (種花)

開落摠愁人 未識種花 In bloom and fade I worry all the same; My heart does but the garden’s joys evade.

April 29, 2021 | Translation