
E. J. Koh 고은지
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Author of THE LIBERATORS and THE MAGICAL LANGUAGE OF OTHERS | MFA, PhD | NEA Fellow, NYPL Young Lions Winner, PEN/Open Longlist instagram.com/thisisejkoh
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The New York Public Library is proud to announce that E.J. Koh (E. J. Koh 고은지) has won the 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award for her book 'The Liberators.' → Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award on.nypl.org/3XoE99Y

💐Congratulations E. J. Koh 고은지 ! Winner of the 🏆2024 NY Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award! nypl.org/help/about-nyp…


It was an honour to judge this prize, alongside A.M. Homes and Zain Khalid. E.J. Koh’s novel THE LIBERATORS is a worthy winner - a formally-daring (not to mention elegant), lyrical and humanizing work. Congratulations E. J. Koh 고은지 👏🏻 Young Lions @ NYPL NY Public Library

Congratulations to E. J. Koh 고은지 (MF 14)! Another honor for her debut novel, THE LIBERATORS!




I’m thrilled to be a finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award for Fiction for THE LIBERATORS. Thanks to the librarians, library workers, independent booksellers, and authors WA State Library!


“When my mother tells me, under allegiance: // Be happy! When you smile happiness is chase you — / her language is a hand she lays on my head.” — E.J. Koh (E. J. Koh 고은지) . . . This poem appeared in Glass: A Journal of Poetry, November 3, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.


Now is the time to feel alive. Clouds rear back until light is the holy word The grass blades under me come to patterns of rest—pendulous branches and fibrous bark make a crown. ––E. J. Koh E. J. Koh 고은지 #PoemADay poets.org/poem/birthday-2




Our latest issue has arrived! Issue 98.1 features a portfolio of editor's picks selected by Kwame Dawes, celebrating 12 years of published work under his editorship. Read more about the issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-schoon… Order a copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring-2…




I’m catching up on good news. THE LIBERATORS is a 2025 Pacific Northwest Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Thanks to pacificnwbooksellers and congrats to CREE HOMO 🌾, Anne de Marcken, Tara Karr Roberts & the other winners!


