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Its hybrid form challenges official narratives and the language of empire.
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DMZ Colony
Don Mee Choi2020 selection · Poetry
DMZ Colony
Documentary poetry, photographs, translation, and testimony examine Korean history, war, borders, and U.S. power.
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