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All posts tagged "books"

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  Korean illustrator creates one of NYT’s best children’s books of the year

  JooHee Yoon, an illustrator and printmaker whose work has appeared in international publications like the New Yorker, saw an effort of hers — “The Tiger Who Would Be King,” written by James Thurber — ranked by the...

  • Posted November 2, 2015
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  Introducing literature’s only writer of Korean American feminist noir

  By Tae Hong Steph Cha is a daughter of Los Angeles and a daughter of South Korean immigrants. That she is now a writer of L.A. noir — yes, in the fabric of Raymond Chandler, but also...

  • Posted October 16, 2015
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  VA Korean mother releases illustrated Hangul book for son

  By Christine Ha An illustrated book written by the mother of a second-generation Korean American was released last month. Its Korean title translates to ”Youngjin’s mom’s proud showcase of the Korean alphabet Hangul.” Jung Won-jung, who is raising a...

  • Posted October 9, 2015
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  Which is more important: book knowledge or experience?

  There is a Chinese saying: “A book holds a house of gold.” In my opinion, this quote has its limitations. Yes, in general, knowledge from books has greater potential than knowledge gained from experience. With resources like...

  • Posted July 20, 2015
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  Ken Pak talks about going from Disney animation to children’s picture books

  By Tae Hong What Ken Pak remembers of his childhood in Howard County, Maryland, are the quiet farmlands, the trees and the birds. So impressionable were they that, decades after he left, to animate and illustrate at...

  • Posted June 17, 2015
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  Full Korean-English book series of famous Korean short stories published

  SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) — A local publisher said Tuesday it has published the last batch of famous Korean short stories written in both Korean and English, completing a three-year ambitious publication project. Seoul-based Asia Publishers Co....

  • Posted April 1, 2015
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  Sarai Koo’s ‘Seoul Food’: A Korean American story

  By Tae Hong “Life can be like jeon, Sarai,” the mother of “Seoul Food” author Sarai Koo tells her in the recently released book, as they feast on the traditional Korean pancake made with a variety of...

  • Posted March 31, 2015
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