KoreanAmericanStory.org’s Book Reading and Wine Reception

September 29, 2010

Over at KoreanAmericanStory.org, there’s a nice recap and also a link to my Backstory essay that I read at the event held on 9/15.  I’ve hijacked their pictures here!  Many thanks to the wonderful audience that came out for our little reading.


Haiku: Mad Men, Season 4, Episode 10 – “Hands and Knees”

September 28, 2010

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Scared, tired Whitman.

Joan aborts?  Lane leaves for home.

Un-Lucky Roger.


Haiku: Mad Men, Season 4, Episode 9 – “The Beautiful Girls”

September 25, 2010

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Runaway Sally.

Joan and Roger, mugged and loved.

Astronaut Ida.


No Deliverance

September 21, 2010

Sunday night, I was sitting at our dining room table, half watching the football game between the Manning brothers and wholly reading James Dickey’s Deliverance.  It was about ten o’clock, and the moon was out, and there was enough light from the kitchen window to cast a shadow on something odd on the floor.

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An essay I wrote for The Nervous Breakdown.


Upcoming KoreamAmericanStory.org Event

September 14, 2010

Book reading and wine reception — that’s a pretty good combination.  If you happen to be in the NYC area tomorrow night, please come by Korean Cultural Services at 460 Park Ave.(57th Street), 6th Floor.  In addition to yours truly, Alex Chee and Taehun Kim will also be there to read from their works.  It all starts at 7pm.

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