Poet Choi Young-mi's "Thirty, The Party Is Over" Revised Edition Published

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] Poet Choi Young-mi (photo) has published a revised edition of "Thirty, The Feast is Over" through her one-person publishing company "Imi," established last year.

"Thirty, The Feast is Over" is Choi's first poetry collection, originally published in 1994. The collection, which laments the contradictions and regrets of the activist students known as the "86 Generation," became a huge sensation and has sold over 500,000 copies to date.

After her contract with Changbi Publishers ended, Choi published the revised edition through her own publishing company.

Choi sparked the domestic #MeToo movement by raising allegations of sexual harassment against poet Ko Un. She has said that a publisher friendly with Ko Un found it difficult to publish her poetry collection, which led her to establish her own publishing company.

Choi exposed Ko Un's past sexual harassment in her poem "Monster," published in the winter 2017 issue of the quarterly magazine Hwanghae Culture. Ko Un denied the allegations and filed a lawsuit against Choi seeking damages. However, both the first trial and the appeal court ruled in favor of Choi last year.

Imi Publishing also released a revised edition of Choi's novel "Bronze Garden." First published in 2014, "Bronze Garden" is a story about the 1980s student activist movement that Choi has deeply explored. It is a female narrative about a female student entering university who is broken and grows amid turbulent history. The novel also has autobiographical elements.

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