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R.O. Kwon

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📚 nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • Lambda Literary Prize • 2025-2026 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow • substack.com/@rokwon
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K-Pop Culture Hunting in Seoul

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By R.O. Kwon
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When I meet Patrick Lee, director of art behemoth Frieze Seoul, the first café he proposes we try has vanished, its façade demolished. “This café was just here,” he says, disoriented but not at all surprised. “It was here the last time I was on this street.
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Lauren Groff by Rumaan Alam

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By Rumaan Alam, R.O. Kwon
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Because Lauren Groff is one of the best-known literary writers in this country, composing an introduction to remind readers of this magazine—of all people—of her publications and prizes or the fact that she lives in Florida, where she runs an independent bookstore called The Lynx, seems pointless. I assume an almost-sibling dynamic pertains between writers who have an editor or agent in common; Groff and I share the former. Maybe I’m alone in this, a weirdo.
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I Got Swole and It Made Me a Better Writer

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By R.O. Kwon
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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the only ways I can find calm is by risking injury. I began learning this when, years ago, I tried rock-climbing. Bouldering, that is, which doesn’t involve rope and harnesses.
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