Episode 13: Christine KIM
“When I started working on the book I realized that everybody has a story about North Korea in some ways.”
Christine Kim talks to me about growing up in the working-class Toronto neighbourhood of Rexdale, how stories circulate amongst the Korean diaspora, and the inspiration behind her new book Brutal Fantasies: Imagining North Korea in the Long Cold War (Duke UP, 2025).
Find out more about Christine’s book Brutal Fantasies.
Host: Helen Leung
Recorded on June 4, 2025 in Vancouver
Christine Kim talks to me about growing up in the working-class Toronto neighbourhood of Rexdale, how stories circulate amongst the Korean diaspora, and the inspiration behind her new book Brutal Fantasies: Imagining North Korea in the Long Cold War (Duke UP, 2025).
Find out more about Christine’s book Brutal Fantasies.
Host: Helen Leung
Recorded on June 4, 2025 in Vancouver
