Yongsoo Park
Yongsoo Park | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College |
Genre | fiction; memoir; personal essays |
Yongsoo Park is the author of the novels, Boy Genius (ISBN 1888451246),[1][2][3][4][5]and Las Cucarachas (ISBN 1888451564),[6] the essay collection The Art of Eating Bitter : A Hausfrau Dad's Journey With Kids. (ISBN 1720767505) and the memoir Rated R Boy : Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens (ISBN 1654216747).[7] He is a Korean American urban surrealist. His books Boy Genius, Las Cucarachas, and Rated R Boy are all set loosely in Elmhurst, an immigrant enclave in the New York City borough of Queens, and form "The Elmhurst Trilogy."
Awards and Honors[]
Notable Title Selection for Kiriyama Prize for Boy Genius; Asian American Literary Award Finalist for Boy Genius" and "Las Cucarachas; Van Lier Fellow from Asian American Writers Workshop (AAWW)
Critical reception[]
Kathleen Alcala, while being interviewed about Magical Realism for Margin, described Boy Genius as being among "the most subversive magical realism" [8]
References[]
- ^ Manus, Wilard. "Boy Genius". Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ Anders, Charlie. "11 Novels So Amazing, You Can't Tell What Genre They Are". Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Lim, Eugene. "Eugene Lim:American classics that influenced Dear Cyborg". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Deznermio, Raul. "Interview with Yongsoo Park". Retrieved 1 May 2005.
- ^ Muse, Project. "Excerpt from Boy Genius via Azalea". Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ Sawhney, Hirsh. "A View from Queens". Retrieved 25 July 2004.
- ^ Park, Yongsoo. "Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens".
- ^ Alcala, Kathleen. "Exploring Modern Magical Realism". Retrieved 1 July 2014., Kathleen Alcala
External links[]
- Yongsoo Park at IMDb
- "How to Be an Asian American Writer" essay in Otis Nebula
- "Chinese Poem"and "4-2-9" poems in The Elevation Review
- "Refugee Cheap" essay in Korean American Story
- "Camp Star Lake" essay in Asian American Writing
- "Train to Evanston" flash fiction in Sleet Magazine
- "The Awning" short story in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
- "Initiation" short story in Better Than Starbucks Magazine
- "A Modern Time Machine" essay in Critical Read Art is Essential
- "Model Minority" poem in The Anti-Languorous Project
- "Birthday Trees" Essay in Sidereal Magazine
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American writers of Korean descent
- American novelists of Asian descent
- 21st-century American male writers
- Korean-American literature