Passing in the Middle Kingdom: An Ocean Ago
I haven’t read poetry in public over the past decade, so in March when I had the opportunity to do this with The Literary Cypher run by LP Kersey and […]
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Gods and Pineapples: The Original 1.5 Generation Korean Americans
Gods and Pineapples. These two ideas and objects defined my family and many others for a century. This is from a decades long project of mine and so I’ll be
Asian Americans: Education, Achievement, and Confucianism
I am writing this because I think it is important for students themselves (as well as others) who are Asian American, to potentially gain a cultural perspective on a particular
Passing in the Middle Kingdom: Building the Great Wall
To continue this creative process explication of poetry and writing, I’ll be going through the poems I wrote and discussing the background a bit. This is really to show anyone
Writer’s Block (an excerpt from Write Your Divorce Story)
Writer’s Block When my lawyer asked me to deliver the story in a few weeks I easily agreed, but when it came time to begin I procrastinated. I told anyone
Master Kang Rhee and Memphis
My father’s cousin was Kang Rhee, the founder of Pa Sa Ryu and the Kang Rhee studio in Memphis. Kang Rhee is known by many for having taught Elvis Presley.