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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Project Eagle: The American Christians of North Korea in World War II, by Robert S. Kim

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Tells a little-known story of a WWII initiative, Project Eagle, that, had it come to fruition and its expertise been taken advantage of, ...

Korea in War , Revolution and Peace: The Recollections of Horace G. Underwood

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A personal memoir by the son of pioneering missionary Horace H. Underwood, this missive characterizes its narrator as a man of peace, invo...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Shelter by Jung Yun

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This acclaimed debut novel deserves all the great attention and accolades it's received. Both a turn-the-page thriller and a litera...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke that Changed My Life, by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee

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Enhancing an already enthralling beginning about the surprising facts of a young woman’s stroke at age...
Monday, June 5, 2017

A Small Revolution, by Jimin Han

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In her startling debut novel, Jimin Han captures several genres at once—a terrifying thriller, a coming-of-age story of first love, a his...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee

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The accolades for this fine, epic novel are deserved. In her second novel, author Min Jin Lee follows members of a family (and many equa...
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Friday, May 12, 2017

In the Shadow of the Sun, by Anne Sibley O'Brien

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It’s been a while since I read a book, YA or adult, that captured me so thoroughly that I didn’t want to stop reading, and that I couldn’...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Old Korea: The Land of Morning Calm, by Elizabeth Keith and E.K. Robertson Scott

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A 1946 tourism or culture info book for Korea, written and illustrated during the Colonial Period, gives the traditional look (by Western...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

You For Me For You, by Mia Chung

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This acclaimed indie play is about two North Korean sisters who attempt to defect. Its premise is mostly how one sacrifices herself for t...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Separated @ Birth: A True Love Story of Twin Sisters Reunited, by Anaïs Bordier and Samantha Futerman

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A friend of a Korean adoptee finds a photo on Facebook of a girl who could be her double. Indeed, they begin to talk to each other from C...

Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite, by Suki Kim

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Suki Kim went undercover as a Christian missionary among Christian missionaries who went undercover to North Korea under the guise of ed...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Here I Am, by Patti Kim, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez

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Vivid illustrations enhance this wordless book, showing a touching story of surprising depth. A recently arrived immigrant b...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Fruit 'n Food, by Leonard Chang

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This early KA novel (first published 1996), centered around the Fruit ’n Food grocery, focuses on a somewhat aimless young man who gets in...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Racial Asymmetries: Asian American Fictional Worlds, by Stephen Sohn

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Literature Review from ENTROPY , by Peter Tieryas Liu. Stephen Hong Sohn has written one of the smartest, analytical books on literature i...
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