Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss The Trees by Percival Everett. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early April.

Books mentioned:

• We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
• The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith
• Human Acts by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith
• The White Book by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith
• Greek Lessons by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon 
• The Doctor’s Wife by Brian Moore
• The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore
• The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren
• Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden
• Like a Sky Inside by by Jakuta Alikavazovic, translated from the French by Daniel Levin Becker
• Context Collapse: A Poem Containing a History of Poetry by Ryan Ruby
• The Trees by Percival Everett
• James by Percival Everett
• Erasure by Percival Everett

You might also be interested in:

• Han Kang: Nobel Lecture - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2024/han/lecture/
• The Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada - https://www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/
• 2024 NBCC Awards Longlists - https://www.bookcritics.org/2025/01/19/2024-nbcc-awards-longlists/
• 2024 NBCC Award Finalists - https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/

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