About Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Gayoung Lee is a PhD student in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University.
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NBN Episodes hosted by Jennifer:

Timothy K. August, "The Refugee Aesthetic: Reimagining Southeast Asian America" (Temple UP, 2020)

December 30, 2023

The Refugee Aesthetic

Timothy K. August
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In The Refugee Aesthetic: Reimagining Southeast Asian America (Temple University Press, 2021), Timothy K. August centers Southeast Asian American writ…

R.F. Kuang, "Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution" (Harper Voyager, 2022)

August 18, 2022

Babel

R. F. Kuang
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In R. F. Kuang’s Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (Harper Voyager in 2022), we meet Robin …

Min Hyoung Song, "Climate Lyricism" (Duke UP, 2022)

June 28, 2022

Climate Lyricism

Min Hyoung Song
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In Climate Lyricism (Duke University Press, 2022), Min Hyoung Song models a climate change-centered reading practice that helps us better understand a…

Kim Hyun, "Glory Hole" (Seagull Books, 2022)

June 6, 2022

Glory Hole

Kim Hyun
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In this episode, co-translators Suhyun J. Ahn and Archana Madhavan discuss their Korean-to-English translation of Glory Hole by Kim Hyun (Seagull Book…

Ellen Jones, "Literature in Motion: Translating Multilingualism Across the Americas" (Columbia UP, 2022)

March 29, 2022

Literature in Motion

Ellen Jones
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In Literature in Motion: Translating Multilingualism Across the Americas (Columbia University Press, 2022), Ellen C. Jones centers not just translatio…

Elaine Hsieh Chou, "Disorientation: A Novel" (Penguin, 2022)

March 23, 2022

Disorientation

Elaine Hsieh Chou
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In Disorientation: A Novel by Elaine Hsieh Chou (Penguin Press, 2022), we meet Ingrid Yang: an eighth-year PhD student in East Asian studies strugglin…

David S. Roh, "Minor Transpacific: Triangulating American, Japanese, and Korean Fictions" (Stanford UP, 2021)

February 11, 2022

Minor Transpacific

David S. Roh
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In Minor Transpacific: Triangulating American, Japanese, and Korean Fictions (Stanford University Press, 2021), David S. Roh brings Asian Americanist …

Sunny Xiang, "Tonal Intelligence: The Aesthetics of Asian Inscrutability During the Long Cold War" (Columbia UP, 2020)

January 31, 2022

Tonal Intelligence

Sunny Xiang
Hosted by Jennifer Lee

In Tonal Intelligence: The Aesthetics of Asian Inscrutability During the Long Cold War (Columbia University Press, 2020), Sunny Xiang reads the archiv…