--- title: R. O. Kwon | TIME description: Kwon is the author of the novels Exhibit and The Incendiaries canonical: https://time.com/author/r-o-kwon/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/r-o-kwon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # R. O. Kwon ## R. O. Kwon _Kwon is the author of the novels_ [_Exhibit_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780593190029) _and_ [_The Incendiaries_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780735213906) ## R. O. Kwon *  May 17, 2024 ### [Why I Kept My Kinks a Secret](https://time.com/6978297/kink-essay-ro-kwon-exhibit/) Author R. O. Kwon on hiding her desires [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 22, 2024 ### [The Parents Who Regret Having Children](https://time.com/6966914/parental-regret-children-ro-kwon-essay/) “I love them. I just don't love the choice I made.” [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 23, 2016 ### [An Ode to an America in Which You Haven't Seen a Swastika](https://time.com/4616444/ode-america-no-swastika/) And a lament for the rise in hate crimes since the election [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/r-o-kwon/","name":"R. O. Kwon"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/r-o-kwon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/r-o-kwon/"},"name":"R. O. Kwon","jobTitle":null,"description":"Kwon is the author of the novels Exhibit and The Incendiaries","url":"https://time.com/author/r-o-kwon/","sameAs":["https://x.com/reesekwon"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```