Contemporary Poetry of South Korea: Kim Ki-Taek and Yi Won

On Wednesday, January 26th at 5:30 pm Central, Rain Taxi will celebrate two acclaimed South Korean poets and the English language translators of their new releases! Kim Ki-taek joins us to celebrate the publication of Smiling in an Old Photograph, a chapbook newly published by Rain Taxi’s OHM Editions, and Yi Won joins us to celebrate the publication of The World’s Lightest Motorcycle, a bilingual book recently published by Zephyr Press. Participating in this celebration along with the poets are translators Ed Bok Lee, Yang Eun-mi, E. J. Koh, and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello; Lee Herrick will moderate, and interpreting for the South Korean authors will be Bomi Yoon.