21. Jonathan: A Korean Adoptee on Reconnecting With Identity, One Genre at a Time

Today, Shaosheen is joined by Korean adoptee and writer Jonathan, to talk about growing up as one of the only Asian children in a white Southern New Jersey suburb, and how his writing — from fiction, to poetry, to nonfiction — has mirrored his changing relationship with his own identity. We talk about the "class clown" persona he built to control how others saw him, a trip back to Korea that changed what he wrote about, and his current work on adoptee representation in horror films. Follow Jonathan: Website: https://www.jonathanwittmaier.com IG: @jonathanwittmaier and @thedesolationsaints Jonathan's Writing: https://www.rewritingadoption.com/blo... https://www.rewritingadoption.com/blo... https://www.brawllit.com/2026/jonatha... https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/20... We post new episodes every other Tuesday and you can follow us @notmadeinchinapodcast on Instagram & TikTok