A recent graduate of Brown University, Kion You is a freelance writer based in Seoul, South Korea. His writing has appeared in The Rumpus, The Los Angeles Review, Rewire, and The College Hill Independent.
Kion You
Articles
“The Jarringness of Witnessing”: A Conversation with Anuk Arudpragasam
The Sri Lankan author discusses his new novel, the toll of civil war, and the burden of historical memory.
The Vertigo of East Asia: On Chang-rae Lee’s “My Year Abroad”
Kion You reviews the latest from Chang-rae Lee, "My Year Abroad."
Reading for Unreadability: Racializing Asians During the Long Cold War
Kion You reviews Sunny Xiang's "Tonal Intelligence: The Aesthetics of Asian Inscrutability During the Long Cold War."
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