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Saturday, July 25, 2015

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About North Korea But Were Afraid To Ask

ROBERT BOYNTON

Hosted by Jennifer Mulligan

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Robert Boynton, author of a forthcoming book on North Korea, The Invitation Only Zone (FSG, January 2016), expounds on this little-known, less-understood nation.

 

ROBERT BOYNTON directs the graduate Literary Reportage concentration at the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He is the author The New New Journalism and his forthcoming book, The Invitation Only Zone on North Korea’s abduction of dozens of Japanese nationals held captive in secret for 25 years. He has written about culture and ideas for the New Yorker, Harper’s, Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, and other publications. 

Much More Information...
Robert Boynton's Website Rob's Website for "The Invitation Only Zone" Rob's Website for "The New New Journalism" Literary Reportage, the graduate program at NYU that Rob Boynton directs Study Link: "North Korea's Digital Underground," The Atlantic, February 24, 2011, and as a podcast on WNYC Study Link: "Ten Great Articles and Essays about North Korea," The Electric Typewriter "North Korea: Is Kim Jong-Un 'Gangster' Enough to Maintain the Status Quo?" NKNews by Jonathan Spear. Study Link: Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick Study Link: The Cleanest Race by B.R. Myers Study Link: Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty by Bradley K. Martin Study Link: The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Choi-Hwan Kang Study Link: The Real North Korea by Andrei Lankov Study Link: Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee by Jin-Sung Jang Video of the Program
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