Cold Reading (영문판) - K-포엣 시리즈 44

강혜빈

저자:강혜빈
Poet.Photographer‘paranpee’.ShehasbeenstudyingimagewhilemajoringcreativewritingandFrenchliterature.Shehascompletedamaster’sdegreeprograminChung-AngUniversity.Shebeganherliterarycareerin2016afterwinningtheLiteratureandSocietyNewWriter’sAward.ShereceivedtheSeoulFoundationforArtsandCulture(SFAC)‘CreativeWritingPublicationSupportProject’fundin2021,andherfirstbookwaschosenasthe2020‘ExcellentLiteraryWork’bytheArtsCouncilKorea(ARKO).Shehaspublishedacollectionofpoems,FutureHumming,Night’sPalette,andaprosecollection,OneDaySuddenly,Affectionately.

역자:최리외
Rieux(Hyunji)Choiisaprofessionaltranslatorandamodernistliteratureresearcher.SheisaformerstaffreporterattheKoreanpressWomen'sNewsandaformerKoreanEducationalBroadcastingSystemscriptwriter.ShehastranslatedRoxaneGay,EdithWharton,EileenGarvin,andmoreintoKorean.ShehaspublishedherownworkcalledBecomingDarkWhenIt'sNot(2024)andalsoparticipatedincriticalessaycollectionTheNarrativesofVillains(2023).

ColdReading
happyphobia
Superconductor
BecomingOrange
InfiniteProliferation
BlueandSquashyWaterBottle
Sook-eeWantstobeaSsubject
AnnaLikestheSummerParka
ReturnandOrder
Afternoon,SunscreenSuggested
SquaresofYours
HouseontheFarEnd,6thFloor
PrinceStationeryStoreAlley
VirtualHappyHour
ChamberMusicwithWarmAir
OrchidHeaven
Healing
CemeteryPark
Yilan
WinterSolstice冬至
Vladivostok
Poet’sNote
Poet’sEssay
Commentary
PraiseforKangHyebin

책속에서

IprayedtoallthegodsIknew.
Pleaseletmyfuturebequiet.
Flash,whenmyeyesopen.
Ecstasy.
Thepoembegins.
-From“Poet’sEssay”

KangHyebindeeplyunderstandstheparadoxofjuxtaposingseeminglyincompatiblepropositions.Onewondershowsuchinsightispossible;isitbecausesheisapoet,aphotographer,alecturer,anatarotmaster,fendingherlifeasmultiplebodiessimultaneously?Wemightnotknoweverything,butonethingisclear:thatsheisenduringbothabusilybustlinglifeandslowdeath,passionateloveandfiercehateatthesametime.Notonlydoessheendure,butdaringlyenjoysit.FollowingthefootstepsofKangHyebin,whocriesandlaughswithlightfaceresemblingwaterdroplets,wearenotjustafraidofthecollapsingworld.Wefeelwhatawaitsusismorethanjustimminentdestruction.
-SungHyunah(LiteraryCritic)