<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>We are thrilled to announce that the Korean Literature Association (KLA) is officially a non-profit organization! We highly encourage you to visit the website (<a href="http://korlit.org/wp/">http://korlit.org/wp/</a>) and read about our organization and the annual conference, which will be held at Columbia University in Feb 2021. <br></div><div><br></div><div>For those who have participated in our past events, we kindly ask that you continue to support this organization. For those who have not become a member yet, we encourage you to join and support us with a small annual membership fee.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions about the organization, please do not hesitate to contact Immanuel Kim at <a href="mailto:ikim52@gwu.edu">ikim52@gwu.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you. Please stay healthy and safe.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>KLA Executive Committee<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Immanuel Kim</div><div>The Korea Foundation and Kim-Renaud</div><div>Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Culture Studies<br></div><div>East Asian Languages and Literatures</div><div>The George Washington University</div><div><br></div><div><i>Friend: A Novel from North Korea</i></div><div><a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/friend/9780231195614" target="_blank">https://cup.columbia.edu/book/friend/9780231195614</a></div><div><br></div><div><i>Laughing North Koreans</i></div><div><a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793608291/Laughing-North-Koreans-The-Culture-of-Comedy-Films" target="_blank">https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793608291/Laughing-North-Koreans-The-Culture-of-Comedy-Films</a></div><div><br></div><div></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><i>Rewriting Revolution</i></div><div><a href="https://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/rewriting-revolution-women-sexuality-and-memory-in-north-korean-fiction/" target="_blank">https://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/rewriting-revolution-women-sexuality-and-memory-in-north-korean-fiction/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>