Leslie Hickman
@ginsengamericano.bsky.social
Ph.D. student in Emory's Anthropology Department
Korean Studies MA, Anthropology BA, LTI Korea Graduate
Korean Studies MA, Anthropology BA, LTI Korea Graduate
The trees do no mind when they’re felled to make a fence. The ground doesn’t note when it’s covered in cement. The rock doesn’t care that you’ve carved in it your name. The narratives we create will prove fictions in the end.
September 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The trees do no mind when they’re felled to make a fence. The ground doesn’t note when it’s covered in cement. The rock doesn’t care that you’ve carved in it your name. The narratives we create will prove fictions in the end.
From "That" by Oh Eun, Trans. by Seth Chandler
September 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
From "That" by Oh Eun, Trans. by Seth Chandler
We must let what art invokes in others surprise us to the very end.
August 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
We must let what art invokes in others surprise us to the very end.
First reverse culture shock upon returning to the US: the prevalence of signs with phrases I would associate with battle, such as 'safe space, defend, protect, support, uphold, stand together/against, save, report, resist.'
August 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
First reverse culture shock upon returning to the US: the prevalence of signs with phrases I would associate with battle, such as 'safe space, defend, protect, support, uphold, stand together/against, save, report, resist.'
Remember that this, too, is a foreign country.
August 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Remember that this, too, is a foreign country.
Excited to share this interview with Benoit Berthelier and Immanuel Kim on their anthology of North Korean literature! As someone with a background in Korean Studies and literary translation, this interview was especially enjoyable. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1Kqi...
Benoit Berthelier and Immanuel Kim, "Hidden Heros: Anthology of North Korean FIction" (Anthem, 2025)
New Books in Korean Studies · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excited to share this interview with Benoit Berthelier and Immanuel Kim on their anthology of North Korean literature! As someone with a background in Korean Studies and literary translation, this interview was especially enjoyable. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1Kqi...
July 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I want to savor this time when I still don't fully believe in money, and can’t fathom why we don't give and receive however we like. I worry that as I age, I'll increasingly forget it's not real, like how each year the Kingdom of God feels less and less intuitive.
July 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I want to savor this time when I still don't fully believe in money, and can’t fathom why we don't give and receive however we like. I worry that as I age, I'll increasingly forget it's not real, like how each year the Kingdom of God feels less and less intuitive.
americanojuseyo7.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/t...
"...while I recognize that I imitate opinions and arguments as they’ve been presented to me, I still feel like they are my arguments. The strange has become incredibly familiar—I am saturated in the local perspective." A new blog post after a year.
"...while I recognize that I imitate opinions and arguments as they’ve been presented to me, I still feel like they are my arguments. The strange has become incredibly familiar—I am saturated in the local perspective." A new blog post after a year.
They think in you
justwhen you begin to seek other peoples’ knowledgeand the way they do thingsif you’re really really interested in itwhy notgo and get yourself a doctorate and live thereand if you don’t commit to …
americanojuseyo7.wordpress.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
americanojuseyo7.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/t...
"...while I recognize that I imitate opinions and arguments as they’ve been presented to me, I still feel like they are my arguments. The strange has become incredibly familiar—I am saturated in the local perspective." A new blog post after a year.
"...while I recognize that I imitate opinions and arguments as they’ve been presented to me, I still feel like they are my arguments. The strange has become incredibly familiar—I am saturated in the local perspective." A new blog post after a year.
Chronicles from Kashmir (2019). Excellent. I wish I'd watched it sooner. youtu.be/6BVLiGmva1I?...
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Chronicles from Kashmir (2019). Excellent. I wish I'd watched it sooner. youtu.be/6BVLiGmva1I?...
"It’s a phase
girlfriends say
something you have
to get through.
Weightless as an
astronaut
you float around
in empty rooms
and wait
for the freedom
to do
what you
no longer
want to."
t.co/q4m1y1T1g0
girlfriends say
something you have
to get through.
Weightless as an
astronaut
you float around
in empty rooms
and wait
for the freedom
to do
what you
no longer
want to."
t.co/q4m1y1T1g0
https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7827/divorce-3-tove-ditlevsen
t.co
February 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"It’s a phase
girlfriends say
something you have
to get through.
Weightless as an
astronaut
you float around
in empty rooms
and wait
for the freedom
to do
what you
no longer
want to."
t.co/q4m1y1T1g0
girlfriends say
something you have
to get through.
Weightless as an
astronaut
you float around
in empty rooms
and wait
for the freedom
to do
what you
no longer
want to."
t.co/q4m1y1T1g0
We're all here too
Even if it surprises us
Even if we don't want it
You and I
The mixing of people from different backgrounds IS. It's a fixed reality. We have to treat people as if they deserve to be here, in this exact moment, in this exact spot.
Even if it surprises us
Even if we don't want it
You and I
The mixing of people from different backgrounds IS. It's a fixed reality. We have to treat people as if they deserve to be here, in this exact moment, in this exact spot.
January 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're all here too
Even if it surprises us
Even if we don't want it
You and I
The mixing of people from different backgrounds IS. It's a fixed reality. We have to treat people as if they deserve to be here, in this exact moment, in this exact spot.
Even if it surprises us
Even if we don't want it
You and I
The mixing of people from different backgrounds IS. It's a fixed reality. We have to treat people as if they deserve to be here, in this exact moment, in this exact spot.
"The hippopotamus clambered up the ladder from the second-class desk. 'Fly at once!' he said. 'All is discovered.'"
What an excellent, whimsical tale. www.theparisreview.org/fiction/399/...
What an excellent, whimsical tale. www.theparisreview.org/fiction/399/...
The Admonitory Hippopotamus: or, Angelica and Sneezby by Edward Gorey
What appears below is a text written by Edward Gorey in the early fifties which he never got around to illustrating. That was apparently his method—the words first and eventually—pe...
www.theparisreview.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The hippopotamus clambered up the ladder from the second-class desk. 'Fly at once!' he said. 'All is discovered.'"
What an excellent, whimsical tale. www.theparisreview.org/fiction/399/...
What an excellent, whimsical tale. www.theparisreview.org/fiction/399/...