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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
URL:https://asianam.ucla.edu/event/starry-field-a-memoir-of-lost-history/
LOCATION:Rolfe 3126\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
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