Love in the Big City

Co-presented by Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles

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Author Sang Young Park joins PEN America World Voices Festival following the publication of his Booker-Prize nominated English-language debut, Love in the Big City, translated from Korean by PEN/Heim Translation Awardee Anton Hur. Discussing his best-selling novel chronicling the joy and loneliness of millennial life in Seoul, Park will be joined by Rex Ogle, a prolific and award-winning author of nearly a hundred children's books, comics, graphic novels, and memoirs set across the United States. Join us for a reading and conversation in two languages as Park and Ogle read and discuss contemporary queer fiction across time and place.

The 2024 PEN World Voices Festival, the 20th anniversary of the festival, will be a celebration of world literature and free expression. Over four days, over 100 writers from nearly 30 countries will be featured in engaging talks, panels, readings, and performances in New York City and greater Los Angeles.

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