Poets & Writers

JIMIN HAN

Age: Fifty-one. Residence: South Salem, New York. Book:A Small Revolution (Little A, May), a novel that unravels the intertwined narratives of a hostage crisis on the campus of a college in central Pennsylvania, two young people finding love, and a student uprising in South Korea. Editor: Vivian Lee. Agent: Cynthia Manson of Cynthia Manson Literary Agency.

RECENTLY I was invited to speak on a panel about literary friendships at (Sourcebooks Fire, 2015), joked that no one would show up. She was wrong: It was standing room only. I spoke about how important it is to find spaces to protect and nurture my writer self and that the most significant space for me is my writers group.

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