(Tin House Books) A memoir penned by a poet is pure delight to read, and this particular poet has penned an astonishing memoir. First the structure is unique: Koh translated letters, composed in Korean, that her mother sent to her over the course of the years Koh and her brother were left in the United States while their parents returned to Korea for a job opportunity her father could not pass up. The letters themselves, in handwritten Korean, are also reproduced in the book, complete with her mother’s ofte … (read more)
