R.O. Kwon

Nov 26, 2024 | bombmagazine.org | R.O. Kwon

7.20.16I don’t quite know what this new book is, who these people might be, or where it’s going, but I imagine it might also be true that, if I knew, I’d be too bored to keep going. So I hope, and I hack through thick leaves. 11.17.16Last week’s election left us brokenhearted and afraid. I keep forcing myself to take deep inhales. It helps a little. What will become of us? I want to be a better person; I would like to be less selfish. I’ve made resolutions about how I’ll use my time. Will they keep?

Oct 1, 2024 | crimereads.com | Lauren Brown |R.O. Kwon |Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Beyond the ivied brick, cloisters, and towers, they walk in twos and threes. The humanities students with their leather-bound books who debate Nietzsche by candlelight. Dressed in navy and forest green, they gather in their dorm rooms and societies, glass of wine in hand, as they bond with fellow students. Article continues after advertisementWhat is it about these characters’ lives that is so appealing that an entire genre of literature has been named after them?

Sep 16, 2024 | bombmagazine.org | R.O. Kwon

I was intrigued to be asked to interview the novelist, poet, and critic Garth Greenwell and, to be honest, more than a little intimidated. Garth’s work has won or been a finalist for a range of significant literary awards. He’s written nonfiction for acclaimed magazines. He has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Princeton and is the Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University.

Jun 7, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | Patrick Nathan |Lindsay King-Miller |R.O. Kwon |Stéphane Carlier

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May 19, 2024 | entertainment-mag.com | R.O. Kwon

The trio argues about gradations of racism, and the boundaries of art. (“If I’m hollering, it isn’t ballet,” Lidija insists. “It might be art. But it’s just not ballet.”) We’re asked to envision a lot of avant-garde creations; tons of triptychs and tableaus. Philip describes a movie of a dancer yelpingly en pointe on the lid of a piano with knives strapped to her feet, as the original Little Mermaid felt.