Crystal Hana Kim

Published: July 20, 2022, 4 a.m.

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Jordan talks with Crystal Hana Kim (If You Leave Me) about the ultimate unknowability of another person\'s story, about motherhood as a writer, and about how a friend\'s validation and encouragement helped her get serious about her craft.

MENTIONED:

  • The Korean War
  • Post-partum depression
  • Reproductive justice
  • Ceramics class


Crystal Hana Kim is the author of If You Leave Me, which was a Booklist Editor\\u2019s Choice title and named a best book of 2018 by over a dozen publications. Kim is the recipient of the 2022 National Book Foundation\\u2019s 5 Under 35 Award and is a 2017 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winner. Currently, she is the Visiting Assistant Professor at Queens College and a contributing editor at Apogee Journal. Her second novel, The Stone Home, is forthcoming from William Morrow / HarperCollins. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.


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