Patricia Kim

Patricia Kim received her MFA from Columbia University and teaches Composition and Literature classes at Baruch College while completing a novel. She is a licensed social worker who worked for the Mental Health Service Corps. (MHSC) under New York's Thrive initiative and is now a reentry social worker on Rikers Island, providing services to the population of patients on Rikers with serious mental illness.

Past Olios with Patricia Kim

I'm Alive. Now What? Reading Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground
In this Olio we will use Dostoevsky's "Notes From Underground" as a way of addressing a fraught human existence. How do we perceive the world and, in turn, how do we then perceive ourselves? We'll use the novel as a jumping-off point to locate our modern positions on issues like: The fallacy of rationalism and scientific utopias. Together, we will participate in an open dialogue to process experiences and emotions that result from our engagement with the work and reflect on who we are, our values, our shared fate.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

March 28, 2021, 3 p.m.

Counseling in Isolation
In response to COVID-19, Patricia Kim, a long-standing Olio professor and social worker by trade, has offered her services directly to the Think Olio community. She'll be focusing on mental health during isolation, and providing a space to discuss our anxieties at the moment.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

May 12, 2020, 7 p.m.

Counseling in Isolation
In response to COVID-19, Patricia Kim, a long-standing Olio professor and social worker by trade, has offered her services directly to the Think Olio community. She'll be focusing on mental health during isolation, and providing a space to discuss our anxieties at the moment.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

May 5, 2020, 7 p.m.

Sold Out // Counseling in Isolation
In response to COVID-19, Patricia Kim, a long-standing Olio professor and social worker by trade, has offered her services directly to the Think Olio community. She'll be focusing on mental health during isolation, and providing a space to discuss our anxieties at the moment.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

April 23, 2020, 7 p.m.

Counseling During Isolation
In response to COVID-19, Patricia Kim, a long-standing Olio professor and social worker by trade, has offered her services directly to the Think Olio community. She'll be focusing on mental health during isolation, and providing a space to discuss our anxieties at the moment.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

April 11, 2020, 4 p.m.

Counseling in Isolation
In response to COVID-19, Patricia Kim, a long-standing Olio professor and social worker by trade, has offered her services directly to the Think Olio community. She'll be focusing on mental health during isolation, and providing a space to discuss our anxieties at the moment.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

April 2, 2020, 7 p.m.

I'm Alive. Now What?
In each session, led by Patricia Kim we will encounter a new work of art (literary and otherwise) as a jumping-off point to locate our modern positions in relation to the piece. Together, we will participate in an open dialogue to process experiences and ideas that arise. This week, we'll be using Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground". Pre-reading is helpful but not required.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

March 18, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

MLK & Mary Shelley
Join us for a special Martin Luther King Jr. day Olio, free and open to the public. Patricia Kim will use Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a lens to understand MLK's reflections on our society which is often TOO well adjusted. This is a free event but participants should RSVP to reserve a seat.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

Jan. 20, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

*Sold Out* Utopia
Using Thomas More's Utopia as our foundation, we'll examine our own state of mental and emotional health in present day society during this living room Olio.

Venue: Living Room

Teacher: Patricia Kim

Dec. 29, 2019, 3 p.m.

Utopia
Using Thomas More's Utopia as our foundation, we'll examine our own state of mental and emotional health in present day society during this living room Olio.

Venue: None

Teacher: Patricia Kim

Dec. 29, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Frankenstein: Well-Adjusted to Insanity
We'll meet for brunch at Three's Brewing and take a deep dive into Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to discuss the human compulsion for scientific knowledge and some of its cultural consequences.

Venue: Threes Brewing // Greenpoint

Teacher: Patricia Kim

Oct. 27, 2019, 1 p.m.

Olio Breakfast Club | Our Hidden Truths
We'll meet at Greenberg's Bagels to discuss Nella Larsen's Passing as it relates to social justice, truth, and individual narratives over over coffee and bagels.

Venue: Greenberg's Bagels @ North 3rd St. Market

Teacher: Patricia Kim

Sept. 8, 2019, 10 a.m.

Olio Breakfast Club | The Stranger
Olio Breakfast Club will be a monthly series dedicated to gathering and discussing one classic text over coffee and bagels. Our version of a book club, led by a great teacher.

Venue: Greenberg's Bagels @ North 3rd St. Market

Teacher: Patricia Kim

July 28, 2019, 10 a.m.

Democracy Reinvented?
In this seminar, we turn our attention to one of the architects of the great democratic experiment in America to gain a better understanding of our own current exercise in democracy.

Venue: BAM Fisher

Teacher: Patricia Kim

May 17, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Olio Seminar | Mental Health and Our Love for Dystopia
We will focus on why the literary landscape is flooded with dystopias and what effect this may have on our collective future.

Venue: Chinatown Soup

Teacher: Patricia Kim

April 16, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Being One of Them and Being Who You Are: The Immigrant's Search for an Authentic Self

Venue: Strand Bookstore

Teacher: Patricia Kim

Jan. 27, 2017, 7 p.m.

Camus and the tragedy of Absurdism: A Look at Our Criminal Justice System by Way of "The Stranger"

Venue: Nowadays

Teacher: Patricia Kim

Aug. 16, 2016, 7:30 p.m.

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Olio: A miscellaneous collection of art and literature.