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DMZ Colony is a poetry collection centred on the Korean War. Don Mee Choi combines poems with other material, including photographs, drawings and oral histories. The title refers to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, which runs between North and South Korea along the 38th parallel. It is Choi’s third book of poetry, published by Wave Books in 2020.
Source: DMZ Colony
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