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.
Thank you for being interested in my work. I strive to make my work accessible to all. I have been through times where finding $19 (the cost of the book plus shipping) is something that could only be scrounged up in a budget with extreme shifting and problem solving. I admire the tenacity and creativity of this ability in people and nobody needs to be doing all that just to get a copy of my book. I am offering to split the cost of the shipping, so you only pay $2.25, and through this incredible community, you can receive a sponsored copy. You will be put on a waiting list and when a sponsored copy is available, it will be shipped via USPS Media Mail.
Please consider sharing a part of your story in a note that will go to your sponsor at the time of fulfillment. Notes will be anonymized at the time of fulfillment and your sponsor will only see your story. Bridging communities through connection is what creates the structures for love. And, we could all use a little more love in the world.
Thank you so much for your interest in my work. I hope that you find it will be worth the wait.
*Please note: for international shipping (outside the U.S.) you will not be eligible for the $2.50 USPS Media Mail price. I ask that you pay the shipping cost upfront and you will be reimbursed for the 50% cost-share at the time of fulfillment (SUBSIDY ORDERS ONLY - REGULAR INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS WILL PAY SHIPPING FEES).
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.
Thank you for being interested in my work. I strive to make my work accessible to all. I have been through times where finding $19 (the cost of the book plus shipping) is something that could only be scrounged up in a budget with extreme shifting and problem solving. I admire the tenacity and creativity of this ability in people and nobody needs to be doing all that just to get a copy of my book. I am offering to split the cost of the shipping, so you only pay $2.25, and through this incredible community, you can receive a sponsored copy. You will be put on a waiting list and when a sponsored copy is available, it will be shipped via USPS Media Mail.
Please consider sharing a part of your story in a note that will go to your sponsor at the time of fulfillment. Notes will be anonymized at the time of fulfillment and your sponsor will only see your story. Bridging communities through connection is what creates the structures for love. And, we could all use a little more love in the world.
Thank you so much for your interest in my work. I hope that you find it will be worth the wait.
*Please note: for international shipping (outside the U.S.) you will not be eligible for the $2.50 USPS Media Mail price. I ask that you pay the shipping cost upfront and you will be reimbursed for the 50% cost-share at the time of fulfillment (SUBSIDY ORDERS ONLY - REGULAR INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS WILL PAY SHIPPING FEES).
