Jed Lea-HenryThe New Logic of Disruptive Climate Activism (Analogy)Imagine you are a part of an important social movement. What’s at stake is nothing less than the future of our species, and the planet at…3 min read·Sep 11, 2023----
Jed Lea-HenryThe Ukrainian War is a Story of Error CorrectionThere has been a lot made of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The theories, and their holders, kick and bubble, searching for brief moments in…9 min read·Sep 11, 2022--3--3
Jed Lea-HenryUkraine: The Sudden and Slow Death of the United NationsUkraineFor some it was a grand statement. The sight of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres walking solemnly through the…12 min read·Sep 11, 2022--1--1
Jed Lea-HenryinKorean Literature“Faded, threadbare, worn out” — Review of Hwang Sok-yong’s ‘The Road to Sampo’This is something of a departure for Hwang Sok-yong, a pre-departure. Ordinarily he writes to a theme, to what he knows, to what he can…5 min read·Apr 13, 2022----
Jed Lea-HenryinKorean Literature“The urine and shit dropped by foreigners” — Review of Nam Jung-hyun’s ‘Land of Excrement’Mansu is hiding! Hiding and worrying about the “missiles”, the “soldiers”, their “colossal firepower”, and the “two or three hundred…5 min read·Apr 7, 2022----
Jed Lea-HenryinKorean Literature“Unwanted life within” — Review of Pak Wanseo’s ‘Three Days in That Autumn’It is one of those novels that starts with firm, knowing, statements about past and future. Short, blunted sentences that stand outside…5 min read·Mar 15, 2022----
Jed Lea-HenryinKorean Literature“North Korea from the shore of the river, weeping” — Review of Yi Mun-Yol’s ‘An Appointment with…“Father’s death itself was hearsay” writes Yi Mun-yol, “and it was only then that I felt the need to meet my brother.”7 min read·Nov 18, 2021----
Jed Lea-HenryinKorean Literature“A breath, a breath, a breath…” — Review of Lisa See’s ‘The Island of Sea Women: A Novel’.Off the southern coast of Korea lies Jeju, a chubby little island of volcanos, seafood, and women. Still deep in their traditional lives…6 min read·Nov 13, 2021----
Jed Lea-HenryinKorean LiteratureThe Korean Romeo and Juliet — Review of Horace Allen’s ‘The Faithful Dancing-Girl Wife’“He was not an ordinary man” goes the story, “in addition to a handsome, manly face and stalwart, he possessed a bright, quick mind, and…6 min read·Aug 18, 2021----
Jed Lea-HenryinKorean LiteratureThe Korean Cinderella — Review of Rausch, Lee, and Lee’s ‘The Story of Changhwa and Hongnyon’All good stories of a certain age start this way, with disappointment… and a sudden, swollen, belly — a “warmhearted” husband, a barren…4 min read·Aug 18, 2021----