I Used To Sit Home

With A Book Called 'keeping Score,' I Really Did Want To Write A Book About The Korean War, Because I Felt That It Is The Least Understood War In The American Cultural Imagination. So I Set Out With The Idea That Americans Didn't Know Much About The Korean War And That I Was Going To Try To Fix A Tiny Bit Of That.

God Bless Interlibrary Loan. I Pay A Lot Of Library Fines. In The Case Of 'a Single Shard,' I Was Using Books That Hadn't Been Checked Out In 30 Years, So I Didn't Feel Too Bad.

In My Family And Among Korean-americans, There Just Is No Occasion That People Would Get Together Without Bibimbap. It's Something That People Eat When They're Wanting To Celebrate Or Have A Good Time With Friends.

Libraries Hold The Wisdom Of The World And The Stories Of The Ages - Available To Everyone, Free Of Charge!

Most Writers Adore Their Editors, And I'm No Exception.