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"That I am alive is no more than an endless rumor." - Choi Seungja"You don't want an ombre hairstyle on your teeth." - Mep.s. I have an ombre hairstyle on my teethLINKS:More on Choi Seungja and "Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me" here: https://actionbooks.org/choi-seungja-phone-bells/More on Stephanie Goehring here: https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehringInterested in crafting with me? Here's the watercolor book I mentioned: https://www.powells.com/book/-9781624148804/1-0?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4pDlydMLFqfiZJf2JOyp_Zati5XelnHGMbtNP3KIM3-CxBMIg6z_nIaAo9aEALw_wcBMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

"That I am alive is no more than an endless rumor." - Choi Seungja "You don't want an ombre hairstyle on your teeth." - Me p.s. I have an ombre hairstyle on my teeth LINKS: More on Choi Seungja and "Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me" here: <a href="https://actionbooks.org/choi-seungja-phone-bells/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://actionbooks.org/choi-seungja-phone-bells/</a> More on Stephanie Goehring here: <a href="https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehring" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehring</a> Interested in crafting with me? Here's the watercolor book I mentioned: <a href="https://www.powells.com/book/-9781624148804/1-0?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4pDlydMLFqfiZJf2JOyp_Zati5XelnHGMbtNP3KIM3-CxBMIg6z_nIaAo9aEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.powells.com/book/-9781624148804/1-0?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4pDlydMLFqfiZJf2JOyp_Zati5XelnHGMbtNP3KIM3-CxBMIg6z_nIaAo9aEALw_wcB</a> My website: <a href="http://www.robynoneil.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.robynoneil.com</a> Me on Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en</a> Me on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil</a> Handwritten Notes: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/</a>

Episode 356: Choi Seungja - Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me

Lynn Xu

In this week’s episode, Cathy Park Hong and Lynn Xu talk about the startling directness of Korean poet Choi Seungja and the humbling experience of translation. The conversation ranges from Nietzsche to South Korea in the 1980s, and from Paul Celan to capitalism. As Xu says, Choi’s poems contemplate “living with death as one’s companion,” but instead of indulging in nihilism, her poems are often surprisingly hopeful. Choi Seungja is one of the most influential feminist poets in South Korea, and her book Phone Bells Keep Ringing For Me (Action Books) has recently been published in English, thanks to Cathy Park Hong and her cotranslator Won-Chung Kim. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

In this week’s episode, Cathy Park Hong and Lynn Xu talk about the startling directness of Korean poet Choi Seungja and the humbling experience of translation. The conversation ranges from Nietzsche to South Korea in the 1980s, and from Paul Celan to capitalism. As Xu says, Choi’s poems contemplate “living with death as one’s companion,” but instead of indulging in nihilism, her poems are often surprisingly hopeful. Choi Seungja is one of the most influential feminist poets in South Korea, and her book Phone Bells Keep Ringing For Me (Action Books) has recently been published in English, thanks to Cathy Park Hong and her cotranslator Won-Chung Kim. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Cathy Park Hong and Lynn Xu on the Poetry of Choi Seungja