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Language
English
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Description
The Japanese Breakfast indie pop star presents a full-length account of her viral New Yorker essay to share poignant reflections on her experiences of growing up Korean-American, becoming a professional musician and caring for her terminally ill mother.
2) Still life with rice: a young American woman discovers the life and legacy of her Korean grandmother
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Monstrous volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bullied by her classmates, Sarah, a Korean American girl growing up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors, channels her rage into her art and cosplay until it threatens to explode.
"Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she grows up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors. People whisper in the supermarket. Classmates bully her. She has trouble containing her anger in these...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 4 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One part Southern soul, one part Asian spice, and one part New York attitude, Chef Edward Lee is a Korean-American who grew up in Brooklyn, trained in NYC kitchens, and has spent the better part of a decade honing his vision at 610 Magnolia Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky. Edward Lee's culinary style draws inspiration from his Asian heritage, his New York training, and his embrace of the American South, coupled with the best ingredients from local...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xl, 183 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about the mass political indoctrination she saw around her in the United States, Park faced censorship and even death threats. In While Time Remains, Park sounds the alarm for Americans by highlighting the dangerous...
8) In limbo
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health...
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