My Korean Deli

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Category: Book Café

Ben Ryder Howe, formerly of The Paris Review and a contributor to The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Outside, discusses his recently published memoir, My Korean Deli. Howe describes the trials and triumphs of his Korean-born wife’s decision to repay her parents' self-sacrifice by buying them a store. My Korean Deli follows the store's tumultuous life, and paints the portrait of an extremely unlikely partnership among characters from Brooklyn, Seoul, and Puritan New England. Owning the deli becomes a transformative experience as the family struggles to salvage the original gift—and family harmony—while sorting out issues of values, work, and identity.

Thursday, May 12
 6:30PM  

 

Book Cafe: My Korean Deli

with

Ben Ryder Howe
Author, My Korean Deli

and discussant

Laura Vanderkam
Journalist
USA Today's Board of Contributors


The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor

About the presenters

Ben Ryder Howe has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Outside, and his work has been selected for Best American Travel Writing. He is a former senior editor of The Paris Review. He, his wife, and their two children live on Staten Island. This is his first book.   

Laura Vanderkam is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (www.my168hours.com). She is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, writes the 168 Hours blog for BNET, and is a frequent contributor to City Journal and other publications.