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Korean American
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My editor asks, 'Why does it need to be painful?'
My partner asks, 'Why do you fight so much?'
My audience asks, 'But where is hope in the darkness of your work?'
My ancestors ask, 'Why do you make your hands claw around the lie of your solitude?'
My government asks, 'Why won't you let us use your body to feed the worms?'
I ask, 'What can I write down?
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― How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom
― How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom
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When Mom-n-Dad say American, they mean white. I never call myself just Korean. I call myself Korean-American, always leading first with Korean or Asian, then the silent hyphen, then ending with American. Never just American.
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