Category Archives: Korean America
Stephen King Essay On Short Story Heals Short Story Problem Instantly
Sunday, in the New York Times Book Review, Stephen King wrote a hilariously touching essay about being on his knees at his local bookstore in order to find short fiction in literary journals, hidden under the Martha Stewart Living and … Continue reading
Filed under avatars, Korean America, Koreanish, what is right with us, writers, writing
Sarabande Books signs up Paul Yoon
This summer, by accident, I got to spend time with two of the up and coming Korean American writers whose work is most exciting to me, in that category and in the category of writing in general. The first is … Continue reading
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deerorgan
This is Daniel Hyun Lim’s Deerorgan. He’s my one of my favorite contemporary artists and I sort of can’t afford this right now, but I might still get it for myself. He’s represented by the Andrew Michael Ford Gallery. If … Continue reading
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saturdays are for dolphins
Seven days. I wondered what I did wrong. Am I too easy? Am I a slut? Did he not like it? He finally called me and told me I was neither. It was the six years–or at least, that’s what … Continue reading
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the 100 most frequently used words in my first novel
across again air always another ask away beautiful bed big blue boys bridey car come dark day down eric even eyes face father fee feel find fire first get go going hair hand head hear home house ing inside know … Continue reading
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Sangju
One of the best things I read this last year was a short post by Peter over at one thousand secret kings, which is a blog title so beautiful I wish I’d thought of it. This post is beautifully written … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, Korea, Korean America, Korean American, Korean life, writers, writing
Free Food For Millionaires
I like Casey a lot, but this book wouldn’t have been worth doing for five years if it was just Casey’s story. Casey’s a crazy Korean girl. And there are a lot of crazy Korean girls who smoke too much, … Continue reading
