books and other writing
longitude
Longitude is comprised of short written pieces that range from a single sentence to several pages in length. Each chapter is part of a documentary narrative. It explores the plight of the modern Korean family, emigration, the political forces that drove such migratory patterns, and the larger international and personal implications of borders, civil conflicts, security, freedom and identity.
Longitude is comprised of short written pieces that range from a single sentence to several pages in length. Each chapter is part of a documentary narrative. It explores the plight of the modern Korean family, emigration, the political forces that drove such migratory patterns, and the larger international and personal implications of borders, civil conflicts, security, freedom and identity. The use of archival and snapshot images adds elements of history and nostalgia to emphasize the division of a nation and the resulting severance of families. It is a visual novel that incorporates text and archival and family photographs to trace a personal and political history of the Korean peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Based on research and interviews conducted over the years in the U.S. and Korea, the article won the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. (Datz Press, 2021)
Los Angeles’s koreatown
Los Angeles’s Koreatown documents the history of Korean Angelenos, Old Koreatown and the neighborhood in the central L.A. area currently known as Koreatown through several hundred archival photos that date back to the late nineteenth century.
Los Angeles’s Koreatown documents the history of Korean Angelenos, Old Koreatown and the neighborhood in the central L.A. area currently known as Koreatown through several hundred archival photos that date back to the late nineteenth century.
Koreatown, located in the Mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles, is the heart and nexus for Koreans in America. In the early 20th century, a small Korean community—many of whom were active leaders and supporters of the Korean independence movement—initially settled around Bunker Hill. The community migrated in the 1930s toward Jefferson Boulevard, near the University of Southern California, to an area known as Old Koreatown.
By the late 1960s, following the freeway construction boom and the Hart-Cellar Act of 1965, Korean markets, restaurants, and businesses began to blossom along Olympic Boulevard. Today, Koreatown is a thriving urban center where Koreans, Mexicans, Central Americans, Bangladeshis and Mongolians coreside in one of the most densely populated and diverse sections of Los Angeles. Its boundaries were officially designated by the Los Angeles City Council on August 20, 2010. (Arcadia Publishing, 2011)
izote vos
Izote Vos: a collection of Salvadoran American writing and visual art is an anthology of creative nonfiction, poetry and photography by young Salvadoran American writers, artists and photographers from San Francisco and Los Angeles. This collection of Salvadoran American literature and art was published by Pacific News Service in partnership with the Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles.
Izote Vos: a collection of Salvadoran American writing and visual art is an anthology of creative nonfiction, poetry and photography by young Salvadoran American writers, artists and photographers from San Francisco and Los Angeles. This collection of Salvadoran American literature and art was published by Pacific News Service in partnership with the Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles. (Pacific News Service, 2000)
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Izote Vos: a collection of Salvadoran American writing and visual art, UCLA Library
Quietly torn
Quietly Torn, a literary journal —essays, oral history, poetry, fiction, photography and art—by young Iu Mien American women living in Richmond, California. This journal was published by Pacific News Service and supported by The Three Guineas Fund, The YO! Photography Workshop was funded by the Artists-in-Residence Grant at the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. (Pacific News Service, 1999)
Quietly Torn, a literary journal —essays, oral history, poetry, fiction, photography and art—by young Iu Mien American women living in Richmond, California. This journal was published by Pacific News Service and supported by The Three Guineas Fund, The YO! Photography Workshop was funded by the Artists-in-Residence Grant at the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. (Pacific News Service, 1999)
Out of Print
Quietly Torn, Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries
Mien Girls Straddle Two Worlds - SF Gate, Jan. 24, 1999