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i appreciated this even more the third time reading it. You had the winning story in that beat in the park. The writing throughout is very clean and the tone and voice are consistent and excellent. Your dead pan writing style works well for your comedic set ups.

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"We were the last Korean family in Harlem, back in 1969." I have to point this out. This is a good opening but its historically non-sensical. Koreans started coming in large waves to the United States after the 1965 immigration law that changed how immigration was done in the country. By 1969, this family would have been one of the FIRST Korean families in Harlem. The story loses nothing with this change, actually its themes are likely stronger, and you are more accurate. I have so many questions about the narrator in this story. He seems like late 30s now. Thinking back. Anyways. easy to get this wrong in such a tight time period, but thought i should mention it, since i did look this up to check it out.

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