Guilt
“I’d wanted nothing more than to be a Korean person, to speak fluently, to adapt culturally.”
Halmonee, Halmonee.
Jung-Hyun! Jung-Hyun! Jung-Hyun! Jung-Hyun! Jung-Hyun!
I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry! I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry!
did
didn’t did

James Han Mattson is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has taught writing at the University of Iowa, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Maryland. He is currently working on a novel.
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