Her first full-length collection, A Cruelty Special to Our Species, was published by Ecco in 2018.

Moving readers through time, space, and different cultures, and bringing vivid life to the testimonies and confessions of the victims,Yoon takes possession of a painful and shameful history even while unearthing moments of rare beauty in acts of resistance and resilience, and in the instinct to survive and bear witness. Emily Jungmin Yoon is the author of Ordinary Misfortunes (Tupelo Press, 2017), winner of the Sunken Garden Chapbook Prize, selected by Maggie Smith. A piercing debut collection of poems exploring ge. “What is a body in a stolen country,” Yoon asks. Read 145 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. In wrenching language, A Cruelty Special to Our Species unforgettably describes the brutalities of war and the fear and sorrow of those whose lives and bodies were swept up by a colonizing power, bringing powerful voice to an oppressed group of people whose histories have often been erased and overlooked. Corporate & Special Sales Print on Demand Our Shelves All Our Shelves Academic New Arrivals New Hardcover - Biography New Hardcover - Fiction.

What is a body in a stolen country,Yoon asks. In her arresting collection, urgently relevant for our times, poet Emily Jungmin Yoon confronts the histories of sexual violence against women, focusing in particular on Korean so-called “comfort women,” women who were forced into sexual labor in Japanese-occupied territories during World War II. In wrenching language, ACruelty Special to Our Species unforgettablydescribes the brutalities of war and the fear andsorrow of those whose lives and bodies wereswept up by a colonizing power, bringingpowerful voice to an oppressed group of peoplewhose histories have often been erased andoverlooked. A piercing debut collection of poems exploring gender, race, and violence from a sensational new talent.

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