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. Ordering directly from my site helps provide ongoing support for me to generate more of work like this in the future! Shipping is currently limited to USPS Media Mail, which takes 2-8 business days to arrive. Pre-orders will ship June 12.
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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. Ordering directly from my site helps provide ongoing support for me to generate more of work like this in the future! Shipping is currently limited to USPS Media Mail, which takes 2-8 business days to arrive. Pre-orders will ship June 12.
Please use the contact form if you are interested in International Shipping or would like multiple copies.
