PinnedLauren DeanWriting ThemesUrbanity & Architecture; Travel & Transnationalism; Korean Pop Culture; Identity & Inspiration.1 min read·Jan 11, 2022----
Lauren Dean4 Novels About Love Set Amidst Violence in South KoreaDeep bonds form during protest, state suppression, and the aftermath of war in South Korea’s 20th century history·5 min read·May 5, 2022--2--2
Lauren DeanFour Female Novelists with a Strong Sense of PlaceSince I write about places, I spend a lot of time reading about places too. While essays or social research can convey a place (a city, a…·5 min read·Mar 21, 2022----
Lauren DeanIn Korean Dramas, 2021 was my ‘Year of the Woman’The new cohort of female leads are not waiting around to be rescued·7 min read·Jan 6, 2022--2--2
Lauren DeaninTHE TURNING POINTLeaving New York For Chile Was The Best And Worst Decision I Ever MadeIt would be a decade before that one decision fully unfolded with all its tendrils·6 min read·Dec 16, 2021--4--4
Lauren Dean10 Quotes from Writers to Empower You in Dark TimesWhether it’s a global pandemic or an individual depression, writers have you covered·3 min read·Dec 9, 2021--1--1
Lauren DeanRecipes I Learned Living in South America that Taught Me Not to Fear My KitchenStarter recipes to give your taste buds a change (without using a stove)·9 min read·Dec 4, 2021----
Lauren DeanK-Beauty Skincare: Top 5 of 2021Masks protect from COVID, but what protects our skin from masks?·8 min read·Dec 2, 2021----
Lauren Dean10 Place-Based Movies to Make You Feel Like You Are Traveling, Even When You Can’tCOVID restrictions can’t stop our imaginations from crossing borders·6 min read·Dec 1, 2021----
Lauren Dean“The Neighborhood is in Transition” (diaries from Santiago, Chile)When we moved into the apartment across from Forestal Park, the neighborhood was cute, quaint, walkable, and with everything in arm’s…·7 min read·Aug 25, 2021--1--1
