S. Isabel Choi

S. Isabel Choi is a founder of Radical Ahjumma, a Korean feminist writer collective, and an editor for Seventh Wave. A Bread Loaf alum, she has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Periplus. Her writing has been recognized as a Best American Essays Notable Mention, and nominated for Pushcart Prizes and the Best of the Net. Formerly an attorney, she is finishing Let the River Run, a memoir on the legacy of loss and illness, inspired by the story of her grandfather, Yoo Tae-heung, the Chief Justice of South Korea’s Supreme Court from 1981 to 1986.

S. Isabel Choi

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