Eating Alone and Other Poems by Song Soo-kwon

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Eating Alone and Other Poems by Song Soo-kwon

Author: Translated from the Korean by John J. Han
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9788182536128
Publisher: Cyberwit.Net
Pub. Date: 2015
Price: $15

In June 2006, I first met Mr. Song Soo-kwon during my visit to South Jeolla Province, the southwestern area of the Korean Peninsula and native to both of us. At that time, he was a professor of poetry writing at Suncheon National University, a public institution located on the southeastern corner of the province.Together, we crossed the Seomjon River to Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Province, where we visited the historic Hwagae Market, as well as nearby Buddhist temples. At parting, he gave me a few books of his poems, which immediately hooked me with his personally relatable poetic sensibilities.

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John J. Han
	John J. Han (Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln) is a scholar, poet, editor, and translator. He was born in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, in 1956 and came to America for graduate studies in English in 1988. He currently serves as Professor of English and Creative Writing and Chair of the Humanities Division at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis.