{"product_id":"blood-sisters-9781941920770","title":"Blood Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003eA woman in 1980s Korea struggles to understand her identity and live an authentic life in the face of injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Yideum, an outspoken feminist hailed as one of the greatest poets in South Korea today, whose works in translation include \u003cem\u003eCheer Up, Femme Fatale!\u003c\/em\u003e (Action Books, 2015) and \u003cem\u003eHysteria\u003c\/em\u003e (Action Books, 2019). Having received her PhD with a dissertation on Korean feminist poetics, she has taught at Gyeongsang National University, served as a culture columnist, and has hosted a poetry radio show. She has received numerous awards for her poetry, including the Poetry \u0026amp; the World Literary Award (2010), the Kim Daljin Changwon Award (2011), the 22nd Century Literary Award (2015) and the Kim Chunsoo Award (2015). Ms. Kim owns and operates Café Yideum, a bookstore café, in Ilsan, a satellite city of Seoul. \u003cem\u003eBlood Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published to great renown in South Korea in 2011, is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJiyoon Lee is a poet and translator whose most recent publications include \u003cem\u003ePoems of Kim Yideum, Kim Haengsook, and Kim Minjeong: The Collection of Contemporary Korean Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (Vagabond Press, 2017). Her translation of Kim Yideum's book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eCheer Up, Femme Fatale\u003c\/em\u003e (Action Books, 2015), was shortlisted for Lucien Stryk Prize. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eForeigner's Folly\u003c\/em\u003e (Coconut Books, 2014), \u003cem\u003eFunsize\/Bitesize\u003c\/em\u003e (Birds of Lace, 2013), and \u003cem\u003eIMMA\u003c\/em\u003e (Radioactive Moat, 2012). She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506998317330,"sku":"9781941920770","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_53d25ce7-eab7-4406-9f9a-ad21e9c22a2c.jpg?v=1730856052","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blood-sisters-9781941920770","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}