{"product_id":"glory-hole-paperback","title":"Glory Hole - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Hyun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuhyun J. Ahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eArchana Madhavan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ground-breaking new collection of queer poetry from a leading contemporary Korean poet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kim Hyun's \u003ci\u003eGlory Hole \u003c\/i\u003eis the first Korean queer poetry collection. Featuring gay teens, elders, cats, caterpillars, robots, and other unexpected characters, Kim's fifty-one eccentric poems trace themes of love, sexual desire, abandonment, destitution, and death. In recounting the splendid yet tragic journeys of his speakers, Kim defies meaningful sense-making. His poems are a mishmash of dystopian sci-fi and pornography, storytelling and poetry, fictive references, and real figures. They are not embellished with elegant imagery; in fact, they are antithetical to it, opting instead for incoherent tense, unidiomatic expressions, and never-ending puns. After all, like LGBTQ+ people in many cultures, Korean queers live in this site of violence. Bewilderment, deliberately, is Kim Hyun's form. \u003ci\u003eGlory Hole \u003c\/i\u003einvites readers into a very queer world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Korean author \u003cb\u003eKim Hyun\u003c\/b\u003e has published four volumes of poems and six essay collections, and he has co-authored several queer novels and anthologies. \u003cb\u003eSuhyun J. Ahn \u003c\/b\u003eis a PhD candidate studying East Asian philosophy and politics. By day, \u003cb\u003eArchana Madhavan \u003c\/b\u003eis a technical writer helping people to make data-driven decisions. By night, she is a fitful writer and a budding translator of Korean literature and comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698288070719,"sku":"9780857429872","price":26.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f42a50bfa6d17dea9a475f38c3db07fb.webp?v=1765010191","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/glory-hole-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}