B-Dragon Suite - Stine An

B-Dragon Suite - Stine An

Stine An

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Published 20 October 2026

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  • Pages · 104 pages, Illustrations
  • Publication Date · 20/10/2026
  • Genre · linguistics
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Named a "Must-Read Queer Book" of 2026 by Language Arts newsletterB-Dragon Suite is a hybrid poetry collection that remixes K-pop, experimental translation, sound art, and emoji poetics to explore Korean diasporic identity. This debut book of poetry treats translation as play, performance, and embodied sound. Across seven interlinked sections, Stine An stages a fabulated K-pop universe, complete with boy band LIL BANG and girl group The Pink Blossoms, alongside lyric poems and prose meditations that code-switch between Korean and English. The book situates K-pop as both pleasure engine and cultural archive, asking how language survives colonial history, migration, and spectacle without resolving into easy consumption.

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