Colin Marshall

Colin Marshall is a Seoul-based essayist on cities, language, and culture. His latest book, published in Korean, is 한국 요약 금지 (No Summarizing Korea, 2024).

Articles

Looking Back at LA Arirang, the 1990s Korean Sitcom about Life in Los Angeles
Colin Marshall revisits the hit 1990s Korean sitcom, "LA Arirang."
Colin MarshallNov 5, 2017
Down with the English Language!
Colin Marshall looks at books by Minae Mizumura and Aamir R. Mufti that lament the rise of global English.
Colin MarshallOct 5, 2017
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
From Language Lessons to Sex Slavery: Korea's New Comfort-Woman Comedy I Can Speak
Colin Marshall for the BLARB Korea Blog on Korea's new comfort-woman comedy "I Can Speak."
Colin MarshallOct 1, 2017
Why K-Pop is the Same as Classic Rock
The Korea Blog's Colin Marshall argues that K-Pop is the Same as Classic Rock.
Colin MarshallSep 10, 2017
As Detroit Shows Americans an American Riot, A Taxi Driver Shows Koreans a Korean Massacre
As "Detroit" Shows Americans an American Riot, "A Taxi Driver" Shows Koreans a Korean Massacre
Colin MarshallAug 13, 2017
Music Meets Writing: On Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa
Colin Marshall listens closely to “Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa” by Haruki Murakami.
Colin MarshallApr 10, 2017
Haruki Murakami Has More Books Out in Korean than He Ever Will in English
Haruki Murakami Has More Books Out in Korean than He Ever Will in English - BLARB Korea Blog
Colin MarshallFeb 5, 2017
Ways of Seeing Japan: Roland Barthes’s Tokyo, 50 Years Later
Colin Marshall looks back on Roland Barthes’s look at Japan in “Empire of Signs.”
Colin MarshallDec 31, 2016
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
How Japan Invented Los Angeles — and Reinvented American Style
Colin Marshall takes the measure of “Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style” by W. David Marx.
Colin MarshallSep 12, 2016
In Search of the “Real” Japan
A review of Donald Richie’s classic book about Japan, “The Inland Sea”.
Colin MarshallAug 18, 2016
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
PODCAST #90: David L. Ulin
Ulin's new book "Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles", deals directly with his nearly 25-year history in the city.
Colin MarshallJan 19, 2016
PODCAST #89: Brad Listi
Brad Listi is the author of the novel "Attention. Deficit. Disorder." and host of the literary podcast Other People.
Colin MarshallDec 8, 2015
PODCAST #88: J. Ryan Stradal
J. Ryan Stradal, fiction editor at "The Nervous Breakdown," talks about his debut novel "Kitchens of the Great Midwest."
Colin MarshallNov 23, 2015
PODCAST #78: Sam Quinones
Colin MarshallMay 8, 2015
PODCAST #71: Craig Davidson
Craig Davidson is the author of Cataract City, a novel about two friends in Niagara Falls. Previously he wrote Rust and Bone, and also writes under his pen names, Nick Cutter and Patrick Lestewka.
Colin MarshallNov 4, 2014
PODCAST #70: Jim Ruland
Interview with Jim Ruland, founder of the So-Cal reading series Vermin on the Mount, columnist at Razorcake, and author of the new novel Big Lonesome.
Colin MarshallOct 10, 2014