Suicides soar among New York Koreans – more depressing stories for 2009: Money troubles have been the leading force behind the sharp rise, say Korean civic leaders and officials, who are alarmed by the trend. Failure to get into top colleges, perform well at school or climb the economic ladder can cause deep shame and … [Read More]
Place: USA (page 2)
Selected publications
- Nicole Chung: A Living Remedy, Ecco Books 2023
- Jin Suk Bae: Korean Immigrants from Latin America: Fitting into Multiethnic New York, Lexington Books 2021
- Choi Yoon: Skinship, Penguin 2021
- Se Hwa Lee: Korean Wild Geese Families: Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transnational Families in North America, Lexington Books 2021
- Edward Taehan Chang: Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States, Lexington Books 2021
- Anthology: Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States ed Seung-kyung Kim and Michael Robinson, University of Washington Press 2020
- Anthology: Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formation ed Jinwon Kim, Soo Mee Kim, Stephen Cho Suh, Lexington Books 2020
- Park Sung-choon: Korean International Students and the Making of Racialized Transnational Elites, Lexington Books 2020
- Koh Eunji (E.J.): The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir, Tin House 2020
- Samuel F Wells Jr: Fearing the Worst: How Korea Transformed the Cold War, Columbia University Press 2019
- Mary Paik Lee: Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America, University of Washington Press 2019
- Younghill Kang: East Goes West, Penguin 2019
- Jessica Walton: Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption: Embodiment and Emotion, Routledge 2019
- Kimberly McKee: Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States, University of Illinois Press 2019
- James Flanigan: The Korean-American Dream: Portraits of a Successful Immigrant Community, University of Nevada Press 2018
- Julayne Lee: Not My White Savior: A Memoir in Poems, Rare Bird Books 2018
- Koh Eunji (E.J.): A Lesser Love, LSU Press 2017
- Choi Hee-an: A Postcolonial Self: Korean Immigrant Theology and Church, SUNY 2015
- Arissa H Oh: To Save the Children of Korea: The Cold War Origins of International Adoption, Stanford University Press 2015
- Sonia Ryang: Eating Korean in America: Gastronomic Ethnography of Authenticity, University of Hawai'i Press 2015
- Rebecca Y Kim: The Spirit Moves West: Korean Missionaries in America, Oxford University Press 2015
- Anthology: Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas ed Esther Kim Lee, Duke University Press 2012
- Kristi Brian: Reframing Transracial Adoption: Adopted Koreans, White Parents, and the Politics of Kinship, Temple University Press 2012
- Krys Lee: Drifting House, Faber 2012
- Richard S Kim: The Quest for Statehood: Korean Immigrant Nationalism and U.S. Sovereignty, 1905-1945, Oxford University Press 2011
- Michael D Pearlman: Truman and MacArthur: Policy, Politics, and the Hunger for Honor and Renown, Indiana University Press 2008
- Anthology: An Empty House: Korean-American Poetry ed Yearn Hong Choi, Homa + Sekey 2008
- Jennifer Lee: Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America, Harvard University Press 2006
- Sharon A Suh: Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple, University of Washington Press 2004
- Anthology: Surfacing Sadness: A Centennial of Korean-American Literature 1903-2003 ed Yearn Hong Choi, Haeng Ja Kim, Homa + Sekey 2003
- Anthology: Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land ed Wesley Brown, Amy Ling, Persea 2003
- Edward Hagerman, Stephen Endicott: The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War and Korea, Indiana University Press 1998
- John Lie, Nancy Abelmann: Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots, Harvard University Press 1997
- Kyeyoung Park: The Korean American Dream: Immigrants and Small Business in New York City, Cornell East Asia Series 1997
- Easurk Charr, Wayne Patterson: The Golden Mountain: The Autobiography of a Korean Immigrant, 1895-1960, University of Illinois Press 1996
A NYC K-blog meetup
Blogging brings many pleasures and privileges. Meeting fellow bloggers is one of them. Nice dinner with @maangchi in NY K-town. #. And here’s Maangchi’s take on the evening: Dinner with Philip Gowman http://bit.ly/mxb4N # [Read More]
A meeting with Maangchi in Manhattan
It was LKL’s first transatlantic trip for about two years, and I was keen to see what had changed in Manhattan’s Koreatown. In addition, I was keen to meet up with Maangchi, one of the winners of the first prize in the KTO’s Blog Korea, Visit Korea competition. I had been aware of Maangchi’s work … [Read More]
Toy Stories at the Korea Society
Having looked in on the New York Korean Cultural Center last time I paid a visit to visit my co-workers at Head Office, I though that this time I’d use my lunch break to visit the competition: the Korea Society. I’ve always been a little bit puzzled as to why there should be two competing … [Read More]
Where to buy books about Korea in Manhattan
In my expensive quest for more acquisitions for my collection of Korea-related books I am always on the look-out for stores with decent stock. I have in the past been constantly disappointed by the bookshops in Manhattan. The main Korean bookshop in 32nd Street, Koryo Books, caters to Korean speakers rather than English speakers. The … [Read More]
Racial tensions in Queens
Leonard Chang: The Fruit ‘n Food Black Heron Press, 1996 Leonard Chang’s first novel is proof that giving away key elements of the plot in advance need not ruin the enjoyment of a work of fiction. The book starts at the end, with the hero in hospital, blinded and incapacitated. You are told how the … [Read More]
A visit to New York Koreatown
On the rare occasions when I have to travel to New York to see my US co-workers I always try to pay a visit to 32nd Street. The two places I make sure to visit are Koryo Books and AM Records — and I also scout round to see if I like the look of … [Read More]
A visit to the New York Korean Cultural Centre
The New York Korean Cultural Centre fits well into the chaotic streets of mid-town Manhattan. They’re both full of good things, a bit bewildering to the outsider, in need of a facelift, and short of space. I paid a visit at lunchtime yesterday, walking the 10 blocks from my boss’s office to the Centre at … [Read More]