WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • The breathtaking debut of an important new voice—centered on a constellation of Korean American families“To encounter these achingly truthful, beautiful stories of newcomer Americans is like gazing up at the starry vault of a perfect night sky; it’s immediately dazzling and impressive, and yet the closer and deeper you look, the more you appreciate the sheer countless brilliance.”

An exquisite, deeply felt novel about a young woman who returns home to her Korean parents in QueensFor Grace Kim, veering off course is not an option. The daughter of immigrants in Flushing, Queens--her mother runs a deli, her father an auto repair shop--Grace understands hard work and responsibility. Far from home, she is supporting her boyfriend through Stanford medical school, and hopes for a law career, marriage, a family of her own. But when one day she is fo...

An exquisite, deeply felt novel about a young woman who returns home to her Korean parents in QueensFor Grace Kim, veering off course is not an option. The daughter of immigrants in Flushing, Queens--her mother runs a deli, her father an auto repair shop--Grace understands hard work and responsibility. Far from home, she is supporting her boyfriend through Stanford medical school, and hopes for a law career, marriage, a family of her own. But when one day she is fo...

A ruler who became an immortal poet. A poet who rose to rule a nation.This nonfiction graphic novel epic traces the parallel lives of two Chinese leaders—Southern Tang emperor Li Yu and Chairman Mao Zedong—and explores how poetry can shape the fate of nations.How did one man’s devotion to verse hasten the fall of a dynasty? How did another’s poetry help propel him to power? And what do their stories, separated by a thousand years yet profou...

"What if, after losing a loved one, you were left with only one robot?"Chung Chung was struggling to get through the day after losing his beloved daughter.
One day, a mysterious package arrives, containing a “robot” left behind by her daughter.
This seemingly meaningless entity begins to infiltrate Chung's life...Can Chung start a new life?-Sound Engineer Soyu KimMusic by vio.dio(*Winner of the 14th Genre ALL Olympics Short Story Competition)...

WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • The breathtaking debut of an important new voice—centered on a constellation of Korean American families“To encounter these achingly truthful, beautiful stories of newcomer Americans is like gazing up at the starry vault of a perfect night sky; it’s immediately dazzling and impressive, and yet the closer and deeper you look, the more you appreciate the sheer countless brilliance.”

This comprehensive book features recent works on leveraged marketing communications (LMC)—an intentional pairing of a brand to benefit from the associations the target audience has with the object. LMC conceptually binds a wide range of marketing communication strategies previously studied in isolation: celebrity endorsements, sponsorship, product placements, cause-related marketing, and cobranding. LMC strategies assume that an entity (e.g., Michael Jordan) can be paired with a brand (e.g...