Yongsoo Park Explained

Yongsoo Park is a Korean American writer who has authored the novels Boy Genius ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} and Las Cucarachas,^[6] the essay collection The Art of Eating Bitter: A Hausfrau Dad's Journey with Kids, and the memoir Rated R Boy: Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens .^[7]

Critical reception

Kathleen Alcala, while being interviewed about magical realism for Margin, described Boy Genius as being among "the most subversive magical realism".^[8]

External links

• • "How to Be an Asian American Writer" in Otis Nebula
• "Chinese Poem" and "4-2-9" in The Elevation Review
• "Refugee Cheap" in Korean American Story
• "Camp Star Lake" in Asian American Writing
• "Train to Evanston" in Sleet Magazine
• "The Awning" in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
• "Initiation" in Better Than Starbucks Magazine
• "A Modern Time Machine" in Critical Read Art Is Essential
• "Model Minority" in The Anti-Languorous Project
• "Birthday Trees" in Sidereal Magazine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manus. Wilard. Boy Genius. January 22, 2011.
2. Web site: Anders. Charlie. 11 Novels So Amazing, You Can't Tell What Genre They Are. May 19, 2016. May 19, 2016.
3. Web site: Lim. Eugene. Eugene Lim:American classics that influenced Dear Cyborg. June 6, 2017.
4. Web site: Deznermio. Raul. Interview with Yongsoo Park. May 1, 2005.
5. Muse. Project. Excerpt from Boy Genius via Azalea. 10.1353/aza.2014.0007. 201783786. June 25, 2014.
6. Web site: Sawhney. Hirsh. A View from Queens. July 2004. July 25, 2004.
7. Book: Park, Yongsoo. Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens. March 12, 2020. 978-1654216740.
8. Web site: Alcala. Kathleen. Exploring Modern Magical Realism. July 1, 2014., Kathleen Alcala