Hi Kelsay! I found your column when I read through the bios on Lantern’s masthead and felt a twinge of kinship. As a Korean adoptee who recently finished an MFA and moved to Michigan (Wayne County, not Kalamazoo), I was delighted to see another adoptee living the dream of being a real writer and grappling with similar issues concerning myth, identity, and how the surreal works as a tool in writing. But more importantly, I love what you had to say about storytelling: “For me, the art of storytelling lies not in the stories we tell, but in how we tell them, and it is the art that I need in order to live.” I have found this to be true in my own writing as well. Thank you for such a lovely and thoughtful post. I’m excited to see what else you post!