My Year Abroad

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

The Vertigo of East Asia: On Chang-rae Lee’s “My Year Abroad”

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Tonal Intelligence

Reading for Unreadability: Racializing Asians During the Long Cold War

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Literary Criticism

Parachutes

David Tung Can’t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College

College Admissions Fiction and the Asian American Teen Imaginary

Education

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
— Dr. Seuss

Young Adult &amp; Children’s Literature

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.