Jiwon Choi Writes Poetry &
Sometimes Prose
Poet's Blog
one hundred days
I Used To Be Korean
I Am Still Korean
don't ask how many days
Hello and thanks for checking in.
As a poet who is often alone in the wonderful yet arduous task of writing, I am happy to have your company. I am a working poet and writer, open to readings, panels, workshops, and other collaborations.
I have had the pleasure of being on panels and Zooms to talk about my work and writing in general. My most memorable appearances to date have been AWP in Philly and the Indie Book Fair at the PEN World Voices Festival in NYC. I have also read my work at the Brooklyn Public Library, KGB Bar, Pace University and York College/CUNY.
Sending you all good vibes and wishes on your writing endeavors.
Let's live poetry, y'all!
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Jiwon
"One of the joys of Jiwon Choi's poems is that her acerbic wit, rather than limiting experience and shutting down inquiry, instead evokes the riddle of our complex, contradictory human selves."
Joan Larkin
Kudos
"jiwon choi's i used to be korean.. is fusion / fusion of memory both real and not / verbal snapshots and within those snapshots / she sees what the rest don't—or may not care to see. / the bias of the world / the need for human contact both funny and Brutal . oh SHE IS Korean / family is here / strangers are here / first loves // the angst of childhood / and the HUMAN commonality and a lot more .. she is both participant and chronicler .. her words / hug / ripple / stick to the page and bend the mind .....I Used To Be Korean is simply WONDERFUL..
Dael Orlandersmith
"[Choi's] work is propelled by New York immigrant energy, which of course makes it quintessentially American.”
Terence Winch