DMZ Colony

Winner of the National Book Award In DMZ Colonys weave of words, artfully used oral history and typographic experimentation, increasingly words give way to her fathers documentary photos from the time of General Park Chung Hees brutal putsch and dictatorship, a regime supported by the USA. DMZ Colony expresses mourning, a resistance to empire, and a hope in humankind. Virtuosic in its range and empathy, this is a book that shifts the readers understanding of historical narrative from one of war to one of flight. Publishers Weekly, starred review