Yongsoo Park

Yongsoo Park is the author of the novels, Boy Genius (ISBN 1888451246),[1][2][3][4][5]and Las Cucarachas (ISBN 1888451564),[6] the essay collection The Art of Eating Bitter : A Hausfrau Dad's Journey With Kids. (ISBN 1720767505) and the memoir Rated R Boy : Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens (ISBN 1654216747).[7] He is a Korean American urban surrealist. His books Boy Genius, Las Cucarachas, and Rated R Boy are all set loosely in Elmhurst, an immigrant enclave in the New York City borough of Queens, and form "The Elmhurst Trilogy."

Yongsoo Park
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSwarthmore College
Genrefiction; memoir; personal essays

Awards and Honors

Notable Title Selection for Kiriyama Prize for Boy Genius; Asian American Literary Award Finalist for Boy Genius" and "Las Cucarachas; Van Lier Fellow from Asian American Writers Workshop (AAWW)

Critical reception

Kathleen Alcala, while being interviewed about Magical Realism for Margin, described Boy Genius as being among "the most subversive magical realism" [8]

References
  1. Manus, Wilard. "Boy Genius". Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  2. Anders, Charlie. "11 Novels So Amazing, You Can't Tell What Genre They Are". Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. Lim, Eugene. "Eugene Lim:American classics that influenced Dear Cyborg". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. Deznermio, Raul. "Interview with Yongsoo Park". Retrieved 1 May 2005.
  5. Muse, Project. "Excerpt from Boy Genius via Azalea". Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. Sawhney, Hirsh. "A View from Queens". Retrieved 25 July 2004.
  7. Park, Yongsoo. "Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens".
  8. Alcala, Kathleen. "Exploring Modern Magical Realism". Retrieved 1 July 2014., Kathleen Alcala


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