Publishers Weekly chooses Forgotten Country as one of its Picks of the Week! This week: a picks bonanza. Jodi Picoult returns with another solid novel, as does Terry Bisson, Nicci French, Simon Lelic, Gail Jones, And J.G. Ballard. We’ve also got debut novels from Michel … [Read more...]

Forgotten Country: A Novel, by Catherine Chung (Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488085) “On the day of her sister’s birth, Janie is told by her Korean grandmother that one girl child in each generation dies. This statement sets the stage for Janie’s ‘disappearance’ and … [Read more...]

Thanks BookPage, for the great review and the interview! The Review: "Recently named one of Granta’s New Voices, Chung is a remarkable writer, willing to dig fearlessly under her characters’ surface motivations. Her style is elegant but never clinical, and her judicious … [Read more...]

FORGOTTEN COUNTRY ...Chung’s darkly luminous debut... delves with aching honesty and beauty into large, difficult questions—the strength and limits of family, the definition of home, the boundaries (or lack thereof) between duty and love—within the context of a Korean … [Read more...]

My friend Rita Zoey Chin's incredible piece, "Liberty Road" up on Freerange. I'm so proud of her! And clamoring for more. … [Read more...]