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I've been dipping into "Lost Souls", a volume of short stories by Hwang Sunwon.

One that has particularly caught my attention is "Booze", written in 1945.

Following the August 15th liberation of Korea from Japanese rule, the Nakamura distillery is to be taken over by Koreans. Which Koreans though? As we follow the head clerk Chunho's attempts to manage the takeover, his household, and himself, we see a decent individual struggling with challenges going way beyond a change of name for the distillery.

"Booze" not only absorbed me in its narrative but also made me think about both decolonization and writing about decolonization.

#HwangSunWon #KoreanLiterature #Booze #ShortStories #Books #TwentiethCenturyLiterature #Postcolonialism #AsianLiterature #Korea

cup.columbia.edu/book/lost-sou

Columbia University PressLost Souls | Columbia University PressThese captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonia... | CUP

1,700 #California workers, including 500+ #Teamsters, left in lurch to be laid off as major CA alcoholic #beverages distributor for 2,500 beverage brands, quickly winds down operations and ditches state to consolidate operations in home state of #Texas.

Many #CaliforniaWines stuck in middle have been reaching out to former competitor #supplychains to keep footholds in state with many millions of potential customers.

While #RNDC tries to paint picture that Democrat run #WestCoast state's more complex #taxation and regulatory framework was responsible, the main factor is bad biz failures at #Republic National Distributing Company, who lost many key #exclusive deals with big brands like #TX made Tito's #vodka, #Herradura #Tequila, #HighNoon and #JackDaniels whiskey etc. #RNDC has been known for poor worker relations, #unionbusting antics and had mismanaged much market share after awkward acquisition of CA's once prominent Young's Market #YMCO Distro arm.

vinepair.com/booze-news/rndc-l

sfchronicle.com/food/wine/arti #Business #Booze

winebusiness.com/news/article/

VinePairRNDC to 'Withdraw' from California By End of Summer (Developing)Not even halfway into 2025, Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has hemorrhaged key supplier accounts in markets across the country, and especially in California. Now, VinePair has learned, the country’s second-largest wine-and-spirits distributor will be departing the Golden State entirely at the beginning of September. Over the weekend, social media was abuzz with versions of this rumor.

My least #socialist viewpoint as a proud socialist is that I want Virginia to depower the state-owned liquor stores so we could actually get much better prices and an often wider selection in grocery stores or standalone stores like a normal ass state. Plus store-band liquor way better quality than like a bottle of aristocrat at the same price.

Pulse of current economic conditions? Just ask booze makers....

Brown-Forman maker of Jack Daniel’s CFO: “We know it’s highly volatile, and “None of us can predict what’s going on.”

Full-year sales were down 5%, and fell 7% in in the fourth quarter. Net income was down 15% for the full fiscal year and plunged 45% in the company's fourth quarter in April.

The company believes the market volatility will “create sustained levels of consumer uncertainty, which we believe will lead to another year of below historical total distilled spirits trends,” she said. apnews.com/article/brownforman