A Purrfect Tribute to My Oreo (4/15/2008-11/24/2025)
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.” (Ernest Hemingway) I’m not sure if Ernest Hemingway […]
광복절 Yoo Ring the Bell! 80th National Liberation Day of Korea
Yoo rang the bell today! 🔔 🇰🇷✊ I was invited to be a guest of honor at today’s “National Liberation Day” at the Korean Bell of Friendship in San Pedro to […]
2025 ALA Philly & Connecticut Adventures!
Yoo had a wonderful whirlwind time in the “City of Brotherly Love” at this year’s 2025 ALA (American Library Association) conference held in Philadelphia! I had a book signing and […]
We Are Not Your “Rooftop Koreans”
Soo Myung Koh. Wan Joon Kim. David Joo. They are not “Rooftop Koreans.” Instead, these men are hard workers. They are beloved members of families as sons, brothers, cousins, uncles, […]
#YooAreHere: Seoul to Soul!
안녕하세요 Hello from Seoul! Yoo just returned from a whirlwind week in Seoul, Korea (May 23-June 1, 2025). I was honored to receive the “Alumna of the Year” recognition by […]
1992 사이구 Sa I Gu 33rd Anniversary & K.W. Lee, the “Godfather of Asian American Journalism”
April 29, 2025 marks the 33rd anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, known in the Korean American community as 사이구 “Sa I Gu,” which stands for the numbers 4-2-9 […]
L.A. Sons & Daughters: Yoo, Roy Choi & the LA Times Festival of Books
As a Korean American foodie, Yoo were honored to meet chef and activist ROY CHOI, whose powerful experiences during the 1992 L.A. 사이구 “Sa I Gu” uprising are described in […]
2025 LA Times Festival of Books
LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS SIGNING THIS SATURDAY APRIL 26, 2025 AT 11 AM PT! Join Yoo and authors ROSE KWON EASTON, ANN SUK WANG, and SUSIE YI at […]
Yoo Are On the Road – The New “Normal”
Greetings from Normal, Illinois! Yoo discovered Normal is far from “normal”… it’s awesome! I had a wonderful time meeting the faculty and students at University High School at the Illinois […]
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Century
We’re only 25 years into the 21st century and I’m honored that KIRKUS REVIEWS chose FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY: THE KILLING OF VINCENT CHIN AND THE TRIAL […]