An interesting article in the New York Times, from some time ago, on K-Pop using social media in its attempt to expand. This obviously has some implications for literature as well. The money quote is: “Thanks to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Jay Park is not just an artist but also his own P.R. agent, fan…
It had a decent run.. LOL.. but if it drops below a book by Sister Souljah, I despair for US literary tastes. This book proves that genres are the key to popular success and I hope, somewhere in New York, Kim Young-ha is working on his book about vampires in Seoul!
Janet Maslin’s interesting review of Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mom” in the New York Times. The reviewer is a bit superior towards South Korea, jibing that “Please Look After Mom”, “Sold more than a million copies in South Korea, where there may not be a dry hankie left in the land,” but with some…