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Yoo Heekyung is an acclaimed younger South Korean poet, playwright, and essayist who also runs Wit N Cynical, a poetry bookstore and project space in Seoul. He is the author of several collections of poetry and prose that query subjects such as photography, poetry, stories, presence and absence, and clouds. Yoo is a recipient of the Hyundae Munhak Literary Award (2020) and the Gosan New Writer Award (2019). Stine An is a poet and translator based in New York City. She received a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant and an NEA Translation Fellowship for her translations of Yoo Heekyung. Her work has appeared in Best Literary Translations 2024, Best American Experimental Writing 2018, Words Without Borders, Poem-a-Day, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University.