Sea Changes by Hayun Cho is the seventh chapbook in Abode's 2024-2025 lineup and is officially available for pre-order! All orders will be shipped by late May/early April. There are only 100 copies of this chapbook available, so make sure to get your copy while you can!
 
Book Description: Sea Changes by Hayun Cho is a hybrid collection that weaves theories of survival and transformation in the face of negotiating rage, grief, pleasure, kinship, and the Korean diaspora. The collection imagines everyday life and the natural world as mediums of revelation through which another world may be possible, traversing kitchens, attics, cities, and seasons. At turns argumentative and mystical, Sea Changes explores the intersections between women’s embodiment, intergenerational memory, and creative practice. The errant lyric voice, buoyed by the intimacies of sisterhood and friendship, arrives at the necessity of dreaming. Sea Changes reflects upon the insurgent promise of being the reader and writer of one’s life.
 
About the Author: Hayun Cho’s poetry appears in The Rumpus, The Margins, Portland Review, Cream City Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Hayun is Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a PhD and MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of Southern California and a BA in Comparative Literature from Yale University. Hayun’s creative and scholarly work explores the relationship between gender and sexuality, emotion, and creative practice in feminist cultural production. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee.
 
ISBN: 979-8-9900598-6-3
Publication Date: 5/31/2025
Copies will officially be distributed on May 31st, 2025 or early June.