A woman becomes obsessed with a K-pop idol: This increasingly ubiquitous real-life narrative is the basic premise of Esther Yi’s debut novel, Y/N, in which an unnamed protagonist undergoes a process ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Alas, not everyone shares this same mindset. Namely, the protagonist of Esther Yi’s literary debut ...

Wish fulfillment is a key part of fandom, especially when it comes to the concept of the “y/n” (“your name”) and reader-insert fanfiction. As a fan, no matter your fandom of choice, it’s natural to ...

Last summer, the first chapter of Esther Yi’s debut novel “Y/N” was published in The Paris Review under the title “Moon,” the name of the member of a Korean pop supergroup who becomes the object of ...