Koreana - Coffee Guff

Spanning Wagle's time spent at an international creative writing workshop in South Korea, Koreana - Coffee Guff serves as his first book-length work of non-fiction. The book unearths both the social and solitary aspects of a writerly life. Adopting the conversational, reflective style of his long-running newspaper column "Coffee Guff", Wagle blends internal monologues with sharp observations of his new surroundings. He navigates South Korea's winter landscape while reflecting on themes of travel, love, nostalgia, politics, and the craft of writing.