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SynopsisContributors: Leomi L. Bergknut, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, David K. Choo, Victoria Sung Hye Chai Cintron, Debra Kang Dean, David Hyun, Peter Hyun, Kloe Sookhee Kang, Melvia Choy Kawashima, Nora Okja Keller, Jinja Kim, Nolan W. K. Kim, Richard H. D. Kim, Willyce Kim, Alvin Koo, Brenda Kwon, Don Lee, Lucretia Leong, Walter K. Lew, Chris McKinney, Melanie Sukie McKinney, Trina Nahm-Mijo, Sun Namkung, Gregory Pai, Inez Kong Pai, Gary Pak, Chan E. Park, Mindy Eun Soo Pennybacker, Robert Pennybacker, Daisy Chun Rhodes, Maxine Lim Shea, Cathy Song, Ellen Soo Sun Song (Kang), Constance Han Stewart, Don Takeya, Wayne Russel Wagner, Jackie Young., Cultural Writing. Poetry. Fiction. Asian American Studies. This special issue of Bamboo Ridge (No. 82) is guest edited by Nora Okja Keller (Comfort Woman, Fox Girl), Brenda Kwon, Sun Namkung, Gary Pak (The Watcher of Waipuna, The Ricepaper Airplane), and Cathy Song (Picture Bride, The Land of Bliss). Contributors include HONOLULU Magazine editor-at-large David K. Choo, Ploughshares editor Don Lee (Yellow), Chris McKinney (The Tattoo, The Queen of Tears), and former Hawai'i State Representative Jackie Young. From the earliest plantation experiences to modern life and culture in the 50th state, topics explored by the writers chronicle the Korean-American experience through evocative essays, poetry, and prose.