‘The Incendiaries’ author R.O. Kwon talks reading, revising and teaching at Scripps in Claremont

When R.O. Kwon was two years deep into the writing her debut novel, “The Incendiaries,” she looked at the 20 pages she’d been honing and reworking and made a decision.
“I threw it away,” said the novelist, who spent 8 more years working on the novel, which was published to acclaim in 2018. “I revised so much. I have no idea how much I revised.
“In retrospect, I don’t necessarily regret the time it took,” said Kwon, who saw her debut show up o