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Ghost Poet

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Ghost Poet
Article
http://bostonreview.net/poetry/jake-levine-ghost-poet-kim-kyung-ju
Journal
bostonreview
Issued Date
March 04, 2014
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
-
Book
I Am a Season That Does Not Exist in the World
Writer
Kim Kyung Ju
Translator
Jake Levine

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  • Kim Kyung Ju
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Kyung Ju
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김경주
  • ISNI : 000000002651588X
  • Works : 7
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  • English(English)

When I wrote this work, I was living in Seoul and I didn't have any friends and I was also very alone. Because of the nature of the work I was writing, everything was mass syndicated in Seoul, through leaflets, or commercials, or through advertising, and because my words were reaching all these people, it was like I was embracing all the lonely strangers in Seoul through writing. At that time my editor was an actress whose only guideline was that whatever I write had to be able to turn her on. Really, turn her on. It was very difficult. We fought all the time. She'd shake her finger and say Bad Bad Bad. But what's really important is that we recognize all the ghostwriters and the job they do for society. There are many ghostwriters. And it is respectable work.   Source: http://bostonreview.net/poetry/jake-levine-ghost-poet-kim-kyung-ju

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