"I read your book." | Sung J. Woo

Yesterday I drank with Tony — that is, I was at Pirate Cat Radio in the Mission District of San Francisco doing an interview.  Up first is Andy Raskin talking about his book The Ramen King and I, and then it’s me, and then we wrap up the show with Rebekah Anderson of Debut Lit, the great folks who put together my west coast launch.

Listen to the podcast (about two hours long, so sit back and enjoy!)

Indian readers can now order Everything Asian from flipkart.com.  Not sure exactly what the name of the site means, but hey, the important thing is that they’re selling the book.

A post I wrote about Star Trek on The Nervous Breakdown:

For the last two weeks, I had intended to write up a little review of the new Star Trek film, but then I got thinking about what this franchise has meant to me. Don’t worry — I’m not some loon who knows the stardate of when Kirk took his first swig of Romulan Ale, and I certainly can’t translate Shakespeare into Klingon. However, I’m not a casual fan, either. I’ve seen enough Star Trek to know what the prime directive means or that Uhura’s name comes from the Swahili word for freedom.

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Later this week I’ll be in San Francisco, for the west coast launch at The Hive.  The essentials:

Saturday, May 30
Doors open at 7 pm; reading at 7:30 pm
The Hive, San Francisco
Pacific Avenue at Hyde (21+)

I’ll be reading with Andy Raskin, author of The Ramen King and I.  Check out the quick entry in the Chronicle’s weekly Literary Guide.

In addition, we’ll be drinking with Tony on Thursday:

Thursday, May 28
4pm – 6pm Pacific Time
87.9fm, San Francisco
Streamed at Pirate Cat Radio
Hosted by Tony DuShane

Hyphen Magazine, based in San Francisco, interviewed me via email a little while ago, and now it’s up: The WRITE Questions with Sung Woo.

One thing I’ll definitely do in this great city: stand in line with everybody else at Tartine Bakery.  We did it last time we were there, and I can’t wait to go back.

The sound quality isn’t perfect, but here are two recent readings I’ve done.

May 21, 2009: Reading at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (from the chapter “In Sook Kim”).

May 9, 2009: Reading at the Third Floor Cafe (from the chapter “In Young Kim”).