What happens when desire becomes a doorway to identity?
In lesbi-honest: a Korean adoptee becoming, Nicole Hyomin Kim delivers a deeply intimate poetry collection exploring queer desire, adoption, motherhood, reunion, grief, trauma, and self-reclamation. Written with raw emotional precision and lyrical vulnerability, these poems trace one woman’s journey toward sovereignty after decades of disconnection from body, history, and self.
Blending sensuality with philosophical reflection, Kim examines the emotional landscapes of lesbian love, late discovery, chosen family, heartbreak, longing, and belonging. Her work moves fluidly between erotic intimacy and adoptee grief, asking what it means to truly be witnessed — by lovers, by family, and ultimately by oneself.
At the center of the collection is the experience of becoming: becoming visible, becoming embodied, becoming whole. Through minimalist yet emotionally expansive poetry, Kim explores the lingering effects of rupture and the transformative possibilities of reunion, healing, and queer self-authorship.
Tender, searching, and emotionally fearless, lesbi-honest is a collection for readers of contemporary poetry, queer literature, feminist writing, adoptee narratives, and deeply personal works that refuse erasure.
Ordering directly from my site helps to provide ongoing support for me to generate future creative works. Ordering a SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED long distance copy will take some coordination, and you can expect to be contacted about arranging a meet up. I will make every attempt to schedule within 90 days of order.
This option is available for those living within a 4(ish) hour radius of Iowa City. (Des Moines, Omaha, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis). Mostly, I love to travel and I love visiting friends, so it’s a great win-win situation!
What happens when desire becomes a doorway to identity?
In lesbi-honest: a Korean adoptee becoming, Nicole Hyomin Kim delivers a deeply intimate poetry collection exploring queer desire, adoption, motherhood, reunion, grief, trauma, and self-reclamation. Written with raw emotional precision and lyrical vulnerability, these poems trace one woman’s journey toward sovereignty after decades of disconnection from body, history, and self.
Blending sensuality with philosophical reflection, Kim examines the emotional landscapes of lesbian love, late discovery, chosen family, heartbreak, longing, and belonging. Her work moves fluidly between erotic intimacy and adoptee grief, asking what it means to truly be witnessed — by lovers, by family, and ultimately by oneself.
At the center of the collection is the experience of becoming: becoming visible, becoming embodied, becoming whole. Through minimalist yet emotionally expansive poetry, Kim explores the lingering effects of rupture and the transformative possibilities of reunion, healing, and queer self-authorship.
Tender, searching, and emotionally fearless, lesbi-honest is a collection for readers of contemporary poetry, queer literature, feminist writing, adoptee narratives, and deeply personal works that refuse erasure.
Ordering directly from my site helps to provide ongoing support for me to generate future creative works. Ordering a SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED long distance copy will take some coordination, and you can expect to be contacted about arranging a meet up. I will make every attempt to schedule within 90 days of order.
This option is available for those living within a 4(ish) hour radius of Iowa City. (Des Moines, Omaha, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis). Mostly, I love to travel and I love visiting friends, so it’s a great win-win situation!
