June Hur is a Korean historical YA novelist whose novels that have been described as K-dramas in book form. She is the author of best-selling and award-winning books The Silence of Bones, The Forest of Stolen Girls, The Red Palace, and the upcoming A Crane Among Wolves. 

In this episode of groundings, June and Ki-Sang discuss the pains of being an introvert in an extroverted world, the role of history in rooting us a collective identity, and the beauty and challenges of being a diasporic creative.

A Crane Among Wolves will be released in May 2024 and is available for pre-order. You can find June’s blog, pre-order her upcoming novel, and learn more about her existing books on junehur.com. 

For more details about choa magazine’s call for submission for Volume 4: Sex, visit https://www.choamagazine.com/submissions.html. Deadline is March 31, 2024. 

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groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora.

Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi

Music by Haedeun Kim

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