7 Editor¡¯s Corner Future Lasts Forever
Jung Eun-kyoung | ROK

Special Focus
Heartless Modernity: Taiwanese Poetics and
Homosexuality


Modern History and Modern Literature in Taiwan

30 Restoring Bygone Times: Chu Tien-wen Attempts
to Turn the Clock Back in A City of Sadness
Lee Angela | ROK

41 Contemporary Taiwanese Literature: New Poetics
Between¡° Chineseness¡± and¡° Taiwanness¡±
Yun Young-do | ROK

Chu Tien-wen and Notes of a Desolate Man

50 Interview _ Chu Tien-wen, Chu Tien-shin
Kim Tae-sung | ROK

69 Conversation with Gay¡° Revolutionary¡±
Kim Jo Gwang-su on Notes of a Desolate Man
Seong Sang-hee | ROK

116 The Long Hot Summer
Chu Tien-wen£üTAIWAN
Poetry from Taiwan

156 Direction and more
Chen Yu-hong£üTAIWAN

160 Faraway River and more
Chen Yi-zhi£üTAIWAN

Asian Author

176 How I Write
Bae Su-ah£üROK

184 Time in Gray
Bae Su-ah£üROK

214 How Do the Past and Others Arrive?
Jung Eun-kyoung£üROK

K-Fiction

222 Dishonored
Choi Min-Woo£üROK

246 Writer¡¯s Note
Choi Min-Woo£üROK

258 System and Freedom
Lee Kyung-jae£üROK

Book Reviews

266 Various Eyes Observing Taiwan: Views on
Taiwan
Im Choon-sung£üROK

272 Modern Civilization, Colonialism, and the
Reconstruction of Modern Taiwanese
Literature: Taiwan and Modern Literature
Moon Hee-joung£üROK

Asia Correspondence

280 Asia and Minorities Within Japan
Shin Ji-young£üROK

285 The World of Vietnamese Little Princes
Nguyen Ngoc Tuyen£üVIETNAM

290 ABOUT THE¡¡TRANSLATORS

Publisher Lee Dae-hwan
Executive Editor Bang Hyun-seok
Editorial Board Jeon Seung-hee,
Jung Eun-kyoung, Jeon Sung-tae,
Lee Kyung-jae
Editorial Advisory Committee
Shin Sang-ung, Kim Hyeong-soo,
Bang Min-ho