![]() ![]() In addition to her own writing, Lee is co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and director of the Asian American Diasporic Writers series at Columbia University. Her groundbreaking Finding My Voice, first published in 1992, is thought to be the first contemporary-set young adult novel written by an Asian American author and featuring Asian American protagonists. Lee’s poignant, time-jumping narrative encompasses “rural hospital closures, anti-Asian racism, and how war trauma seeps into everyday life for an immigrant – themes that have become suddenly more urgent and topical” (Simon & Schuster). Marie Myung-Ok Lees The Evening Hero is a poignant story of a Korean immigrant fathers heartbreaking belief in the myth of this country, capitalism, meritocracy and his disillusionment. In the wake of the Korean War, Kwak left his family and village to pursue the American Dream in rural Minnesota. Her latest novel, The Evening Hero, follows the trials and travails of Korean obstetrician Dr. Marie Myung-Ok Lee is a treasured voice in Korean American literature. The Evening Hero by author Marie Myung-Ok Lee ![]()
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