Night Sessions

by David S. Cho

Overview

The collection presents snapshots of the Korean American experience through poems ranging from the hardships of first generation Korean immigrants, their blue-collar work (though many had professional degrees), and arduous immigration to the United States to the rise of the second and even third generation, of culturally Americanized youth attempting to reconcile their bi-cultural heritage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933880242
Publisher:	CavanKerry Press
Publication date:	04/19/2011
Series:	New Voices
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

David S. Cho is the proud child of Korean immigrants. He is director of the Office of Multicultural Development at Wheaton College. He is the author of a chapbook, Song of Our Songs, a book of poems, Night Sessions, and a book on twentieth-century Korean American novels, Lost in Transnation.

Table of Contents

Foreword • FAMILY PORTRAITS • Father • What is Still • The Black Bear • Dust • The Death of My Cousin • The Roller Coaster • The Feasting • Mourning • Grandmother’s Watch • SONG OF OUR SONGS • Song of Our Songs • WHAT THE RAIN RETURNS • My Early Linguisti

What People are Saying About This

Mona Lisa Saloy

"Well-crafted poems of quiet narratives that reveal a subtle first person persona whose strength is manyfold. Cho makes magic of the mundane. Cho's art is large though quiet with images that linger on affection, sensibility, and taste."