I read the greater part of Jung Yun’s “Shelter” in a 14-hour sitting, interrupted by only five hours of sleep. I was on a trip, with other people, but I couldn’t do anything until I was finished; ...

In her debut novel “Shelter,” Jung Yun uses the story of a dysfunctional family thrown back together by violence to explore questions of nature versus nurture and what it means to be a good parent.

Jung Yun, director of New Faculty Initiatives in the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development at UMass, has written a debut novel "Shelter" that is drawing praise on myriad fronts.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Jung Yun, writer and assistant professor of English at George Washington University, will be at ...

There are easier things than raising a child. But how might that difficulty be magnified, to the point of near-impossibility, when one’s own childhood — specifically your relationship with your ...

Jung Yun’s first book began with one single image, the debut novelist recalls. “There was a scene in which a man looks out his window and he sees his elderly mother walking toward his house, naked,” ...