Jung Ja Choi Publishes Book on Korean Feminist Poet Kim Myŏng-sun

Professor Choi’s new book, The Life and Works of Korean Poet Kim Myŏng-sun: The Flower Dream of a Woman Born Too Soon (Routledge, 2023) traces the life of a woman ahead of her time. Professor Choi describes Kim’s writings as early versions of #MeToo literature, as subversive challenges to traditional heteropatriarchal institutions and assumptions about gender and sexuality.

Jung Ja Choi received her PhD from Harvard’s East Asian Languages and Culture Department and teaches courses in WGS and Asian and Asian American studies. Her course “Sexing Korea: Gender and Sexuality in Korean Pop Culture” was featured by ELLE Magazine as # 5 on their list of “63 College Classes That Give Us Hope for the Next Generation.”

We congratulate Professor Choi on this publication!