Che Yeun‘s debut novel, Tailbone, follows a teenager who runs away from her abusive home to live in a boarding house for single women as a global financial crash threatens the people of Seoul. Heralded by the great Alexander Chee as an “unforgettable debut novel,” Yeun’s book finds hope in the darkest moments.
Her short has previously appeared in Granta, AGNI, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Kenyon Review Online. Outside of fiction, she earned a PhD in History of Science at Harvard University, and is currently a professor of History of Science & Technology at Texas A&M University.
We asked Yeun to answer our recurring My Reading Life Q&A so readers could get to know the books that shaped her life and influenced her writing.
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