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SUMMARY:Starry Field: a Memoir of Lost History
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Transnational Gender and Labor Working Group in discussing Margaret Lee’s newest book Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History is a poignant memoir by journalist Margaret Juhae Lee\, who sets out on a search for her family’s history lost to the darkness of Korea’s colonial decades\, and contends with the shockwaves of violence that followed them over four generations and across continents. Combining investigative journalism\, oral history\, and archival research\, Margaret reveals the truth about the grandfather she never knew. What she found is that Lee Chul Ha\, her grandfather who left her grandmother and two young sons in 1936\, was not a source of shame; he was a student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for protesting the Japanese government’s colonization of Korea. He was a hero—and eventually honored as a Patriot of South Korea almost 60 years after his death. But reclaiming her grandfather’s legacy\, in the end\, isn’t what Margaret finds the most valuable. It is through the series of three long-form interviews with her grandmother that Margaret finally finds a sense of recognition she’s been missing her entire life. A story of healing old wounds and the reputation of an extraordinary young man\, Starry Field bridges the tales of two women\, generations and oceans apart\, who share the desire to build family in someplace called home. \nLocation: UCLA Rolfe 3126 \nWhen: May 2nd\, 2024 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM (reception to follow) \nMargaret Juhae Lee is an Oakland-based writer and a former literary editor of The Nation magazine. She has been the recipient of a Bunting Fellowship from Harvard University\, and a Korean Studies Fellowship from the Korean Foundation. She is also a Tin House scholar\, and has been awarded residencies at the Mesa Refuge\, the Anderson Center\, and Mineral School. In 2020\, she was named “Person of the Year” by the Sangcheol Cultural Welfare Foundation in Kongju\, South Korea\, for her work in honoring her grandfather\, Patriot Lee Chul Ha. Her articles\, reviews\, and interviews have been published in The Nation\, Newsday\, Elle\, ARTnews\, The Advocate\, The Progressive and The Rumpus. \nPurchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/starry-field-a-memoir-of-lost-history-margaret-juhae-lee/20141983?ean=9781685890933
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LOCATION:Rolfe 3126\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
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SUMMARY:No-No Boy in Concert at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:Ticket reservations are required. Doors open at 5:30PM. Concert will start at 6PM.\n\nPlease bring a blanket to sit in the grass area to enjoy the live concert!\nNo-No Boy is an immersive concert experience that illuminates hidden Asian American histories through folk songs\, sound pieces\, live projections\, and storytelling. NPR Music has hailed it as “one of the most insurgent pieces of music you’ll ever hear which re-examines americana with devastating effect… An act of revisionist subversion.” Taking inspiration from his own family’s history living through the Vietnam War as well as many other stories of Asian American experience\, Nashville-born songwriter and scholar Julian Saporiti has transformed his years of doctoral study into an innovative project that bridges a divide between art and scholarship. This performance will celebrate No-No Boy’s third full-length LP EMPIRE ELECTRIC released by the Smithsonian Folkways label.\nSounds contain histories and prophecies. If you listen closely\, there are winding tales to be found in a string brushed by a handmade bow\, worlds to be uncovered in the trill of a bird about to take flight\, and truths to be reckoned with in the grain of an unknown voice. This is the revelation at the core of Empire Electric\, the third album by No-No Boy\, and its songs that examine narratives of imperialism\, identity\, and spirituality. It tells stories rooted in years of research and relationship-building\, made vibrant and profound through a rich congregation of instrumental\, environmental\, and electronically manipulated sounds from Asia and America. Every single sound\, from the gracious swell of a pedal steel to the warbling pluck of a koto\, becomes a part of the poetic recasting of shared post-colonial trauma and the startling joys that can be wrung out of that hardship.\nhttps://www.nonoboyproject.com\nDr. Julian Saporiti was born and raised in Nashville\, TN. He enjoys making music\, encountering the arts\, and exploring the outdoors. He currently lives in Portland\, OR with his wife and collaborator Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti.
URL:https://asianam.ucla.edu/event/no-no-boy-in-concert-at-ucla/
LOCATION:UCLA Fowler Amphitheater\, 308 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with No-No Boy
DESCRIPTION:No-No Boy illuminates hidden Asian American histories through folk songs\, sound pieces\, live projections\, and storytelling. NPR Music has hailed it as “one of the most insurgent pieces of music you’ll ever hear which re-examines americana with devastating effect… An act of revisionist subversion.” Taking inspiration from his own family’s history living through the Vietnam War as well as many other stories of Asian American experience\, Nashville-born songwriter and scholar Julian Saporiti has transformed his years of doctoral study into an innovative project that bridges a divide between art and scholarship. No-No Boy’s third full-length LP EMPIRE ELECTRIC was recently released by the Smithsonian Folkways label. \nJoin us on May 23rd from 2:30-3:15 PM via Zoom for a conversation with No-No Boy! This conversation is part of the course “Asian and Asian American Classical Reception” taught by Professor Kelly Nguyen (Department of Classics) who will moderate the discussion with No-No Boy on the themes of fragmentation and creation. Students in the course will have engaged with Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee\, and the poetry of Hoa Nguyen and Vi Khi Nao. Their conversation will discuss the legacy of the Vietnam War and the concept and consequences of the myth of Western Civilization and the false binaries between East and West\, especially as crafted and wielded by imperialism. No-No Boy will also share his music and experience with diaspora. This event is open to the public. \nScan the QR Code or visit this link to register for the event!
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