ASF 2009 Highlights Reel: Issue 43

Each day this week we’re looking back at stories from the last year. Today we look back at issue 43, or Spring 2009. This issue features Paul Yoon’s lovely “Woodcarver’s Daughter.” We’ve taken two excerpts from the story, which is set on an island off Korea. The story revolves around Haemi, a sensitive young Korean woman who requires a crutch to walk, and Linden, an American AWOL from the Army. After this story appeared in ASF, it was published as part of Yoon’s critically raved collection Once the Shore.