"I read your book." | Sung J. Woo

Haiku: Mad Men, Season 5, Episode 9 – “Dark Shadows”

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:15:38 +0000

Roger ruins Jane.
Weighty Bets watches Megan.
Sno Ball’s chance in Don.

Haiku: Mad Men, Season 5, Episode 8 – “Lady Lazarus”

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:30:51 +0000

Megan the actress.
Don’s empty elevator.
Campbell’s heart, rolled up.

Haiku: Mad Men, Season 5, Episode 7 – “At the Codfish Ball”

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:47:33 +0000

Peggy says I do.
Don and Megan, teaming beans.
Sally sees Sterling.

A Letter of Apology to My First Draft

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:12:17 +0000

A year ago, I completed the first draft of my second novel. I’m still rewriting it, and while doing so, I had an idea to write it a letter.

Dear Love Love,

Yesterday, you were born. You were not an easy delivery, for the ink on my laser printer was ready to give out. I fed thirty sheets of you at a time so I could take out the toner and shake it, to make sure the words on your pages printed solid and streak-free. I carried you from the output tray to the stack. I watched you grow. I picked you up. You were as warm as a blanket in my hands. Bound with a long rubber band, you were my hefty, luminous bundle.

[more @ The Nervous Breakdown]

Haiku: Mad Men, Season 5, Episode 6 – “Far Away Places”

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:04:32 +0000

Trifecta of time:
Peggy and beans, Roger’s trip,
Don’s HoJo sherbet.

Haiku: Mad Men, Season 5, Episode 5 – “Signal 30”

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:46:48 +0000

How Pete learned to drive.
Pryce and Campbell, dukes way up.
Ken’s secret robots.

Haiku: Mad Men, Season 5, Episodes 3 & 4 – “Tea Leaves” / “Mystery Date”

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:00:38 +0000

Fat, tumored Betty.
Don and Harry, rolling stones.
Sterling pays for space.

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Peggy shakes Roger.
Dream Don chokes Cinderella.
Single mom Joanie.

“Trespassing,” at the Asian American Literary Review

Sung — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:59:16 +0000

Fresh off the press is the Spring 2012 edition of the Asian American Literary Review. A short story I wrote is in this issue (“Trespassing”), so there’s no better time to support these good folks. You’ll also find works by Ed Park and Ed Bok Lee, and even some writers not named Ed. Check out the table of contents and the sampler and order yourself a copy!

Faith, at THE2NDHAND TXT

Sung — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:11:29 +0000

I first encountered THE2NDHAND when I bought a used book online. I can’t remember the book, but I do remember a broadsheet I received in the envelope, a fine short story by Patrick Somerville. It turns out that they also have a website where they post short stories, and they ended up liking “Faith” enough to put it up. I read an excerpt of this story at the Sulu Reading series in NYC, which was almost two years ago…? Man, where does the time go. Anyway, you can now read it in full. Much thanks to Rhian Ellis for writing After Life, which inspired this short story.

World Famous in Poland – Paryż nocą

Sung — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:56:19 +0000

That’s a quote from a movie, by the way — To Be or Not to Be, a Mel Brooks film. Somebody asks Ann Bancroft, who plays Brooks’ wife (who also happens to be his real-life wife), about her actor husband, and she tells them, “He’s world famous in Poland!”

Now I’m proud to say that I, too, am world famous in Poland, thanks to Marcin Kucharski. He liked my story “Paris, at Night” enough that he wanted to translate it to his native tongue. So for those literate in Polish, give my story a read.

Paryż nocą

Dziś był dzień ryżu, 20. kilogramowe worki ryżu w ciężarówkach z logo słonia. Dokładnie ten sam słoń pojawia się na torbach- z głową podniesioną ku niebu i trąbą wykrzywioną w kształt litery S.

Słoń – powiedział Todd

Powiedział to, gdyż jakiś pracownik gapił się bezustannie na logo. Oznacza to, że się obijał.

Właśnie! – wykrzyknął mężczyzna. – Nie mogłem przypomnieć sobie słowa.

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