In this books episode, we spoke with award-winning literary translator Soje. They have translated Lee Soho’s Catcalling (2021), Choi Jin-young’s To the Warm Horizon (2021) and Lee Hyemi’s Unexpected Vanilla (2020). They also make chogwa, a quarterly e-zine featuring one Korean poem and multiple English translations. More about Soje can be found at http://smokingtigers.com/soje.

Hosts Beth Eunhee Hong and Naomi Ng ask Soje about their translation process from selecting the work to the final publish, their journey to literary translation, the Korean-English literary translation community, and what they are working on next.

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Intro: ♪ Onion (Prod. by Lukrembo)

Outro: ♪ Wine (Prod. by Lukrembo)