국제고 학생이 3년간 쓴 에세이 모음!
매일 아침 먹는 아보카도 토스트, 언제 한 번 읽어본 것 같은 책, 그리고 소문자로 문자를 하는 습관. 작은 것들이지만 그 안에서 글의 소재를 발견할 수도 있다.

《The Cult of Avocados and the Aspiring Cultist》는 한국에 살지만 영어를 무엇보다 좋아하는 국제고 학생의 에세이들을 엮은 책이다. 작가의 크고 작은 경험, 학교에서 배운 것, 그리고 세상을 관찰하며 느낀 것들을 솔직하게 표현하고 있다.

The avocado toast you eat every day, the book you think you read (but aren’t sure of), and texting in lowercase―these are small things, but things that can inspire your next essay.
The Cult of Avocados and the Aspiring Cultist is a collection of essays written by a Korean student―who loves English nevertheless. It details the author’s experiences, what she learned at school, and what she learns from observing the world around her.

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Introduction

Part 1 A Beginning
Upon Not Reading The Great Gatsby: A Book Report
An Unhealthy Addiction to Pens
Caps Lock, Shift, and the In-Between
Prone to Cringe: A Review of Heartstopper

Part 2 My Place(in the World)
The Not-Skinny Nation of South Korean Women
Vibing to Mitski and the Song of My Self-Pity
A Fictional Place

Part 3 Undiagnosed
A Situationship with Writing(and Mental Illness)
A Slice of Carrot Blade
Alternative Fates I Will Actively Avoid Until the Day that I Die

Part 4 Back to the Ordinary
The Body is a Manifestation of the Mind
Disconnected
Trivial Monuments
The Cult of Avocados and the Aspiring Cultist

Acknowledgements


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I was so willing to shove grass butter down my throat every morning if it meant that I could be an Avocado Girl. Accepted, free to be her perfectly-imperfect self.

JESSEY SHIN

Jessey―or Chaeeun―Shin was born and raised in South Korea, which nevertheless did not stop her from falling in love with the English language. She claims that it’s because English is more colorful, full of yellows and blues. (She may or may not have grapheme-color synesthesia.) She is currently a high school student on her way to university, and spends her free time writing essays, articles, and more. The Cult of Avocados and the Aspiring Cultist is her first book.
Check out her other works by subscribing to @jesseywrites on Tumblr and Substack.