They thought the best way to help us succeed was to become very American, which meant only speaking English at home. We celebrated certain holidays and upheld a few traditions, but I don't actually speak Korean. When I had kids of my own, I realized I didn't know much about Korean history or Korea itself. I started doing some research and read up and did some writing."
Born in 1961, Park began writing at an early age, publishing a haiku poem in the magazine Trailblazer when she was only nine. Paid one dollar for the poem, Park gave the check to her father as a Christmas present as thanks for his encouragement and for taking her to the library every two weeks as a child. "I grew up in libraries," Park told Horning. "Growing up, I owned almost no books, and I can really remember the ones I owned because I had so few. I read everything, but it was always from the library." At age eleven, Park paid her first visit to her parents' homeland.
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