Cheer Up, Femme Fatale

Cheer Up, Femme Fatale (Korean: 명랑하라 팜 파탈; RR: Myeonglanghala pam patal; lit.

Be cheerful femme fatale) is a 2007 poetry collection by South Korean poet and scholar Kim Yi-deum, published by Moonji Publications.

[1] In 2016, an English translation by Ji Yoon Lee, Don Mee Choi, and Johannes Göransson was published by Action Books for their Korean Literature Series.

Fanzine wrote that "Many of these poems are devastatingly funny—a comedy that is morbid, perverse, searing, and all the more powerful for when the bubbles of mirth pop to expose a grim reality.

"[9] World Literature Today similarly noted that "Yideum's texts can be read as allegories, tiny epics, and morality tales; this is a samizdat scrutinizing a country where everything—maybe anything—is for sale".