Juhea Kim

Juhea Kim is a writer, artist, and advocate based in Portland, Oregon. Her writing appears in Granta, Slice, Zyzzyva, Guernica, Catapult, The Independent, and elsewhere. She is the founder and editor of Peaceful Dumpling, an online magazine at the intersection of sustainable lifestyle and ecological literature. She earned her BA in art and archaeology from Princeton University. Her debut novel, Beasts of a Little Land (Ecco Press, 2021), will be published around the world in 2022.

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My Grandfather with the Tiger Eyes

Juhea Kim  | 
Issue 71.1 Fall 2022

My Grandfather with the Tiger Eyes Juhea Kim shares how Korean history and her family legacy serve as the foundation for her newly released novel, Beasts of a Little Land.

Prologue from Beasts of a Little Land

Juhea Kim  | 
Issue 71.1 Fall 2022

The Hunter 1917 The sky was white and the earth was black, like at the beginning of time before the first sunrise. Clouds left their realm and descended so low that they seemed to touch the ground. Giant pines loomed in and out of the ether. Nothing stirred or made a sound. Hardly distinguishable […]

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My Grandfather with the Tiger Eyes

Juhea Kim shares how Korean history and her family legacy serve as the foundation for her newly released novel, Beasts of a Little Land.