Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
Where did Ed Park get his trademark sense of humor?
In this conversation with Mira Jacob, presented in collaboration with Yu & Me Books, Ed Park discussed his latest collection of short stories, An Oral History of Atlantis. Characters across the wildly imaginative fifteen stories question the fleetingness of youth and art, reckon with the consequences of the everyday, and find solace in the absurd, the beautiful, and the sublime.
Learn why Park attributes his use of humor to inspirations including Kurt Vonnegut and classic Peanuts comic strips.
đź“ş Full program: Ed Park: An Oral History of Atlantis with Mira Jacob | September 4, 2025: youtube.com/watch?v=WzVRTYrfI4E
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The Korea Society is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
Where did Ed Park get his trademark sense of humor?
In this conversation with Mira Jacob, presented in collaboration with Yu & Me Books, Ed Park discussed his latest collection of short stories, An Oral History of Atlantis. Characters across the wildly imaginative fifteen stories question the fleetingness of youth and art, reckon with the consequences of the everyday, and find solace in the absurd, the beautiful, and the sublime.
Learn why Park attributes his use of humor to inspirations including Kurt Vonnegut and classic Peanuts comic strips.
đź“ş Full program: Ed Park: An Oral History of Atlantis with Mira Jacob | September 4, 2025: youtube.com/watch?v=WzVRTYrfI4E
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The Korea Society is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
![[YPN] Rooted in Giving: Leading Korean Voices in Philanthropy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/skAGFMMLOkU/mqdefault.jpg "[YPN] Rooted in Giving: Leading Korean Voices in Philanthropy
August 27, 2025 - The Korea Society and the Korean American Community Foundation’s (KACF) Associate Board are pleased to present Rooted in Giving: Leading Korean Voices in Philanthropy, a panel discussion featuring three Korean leaders working at the forefront of non-profit and philanthropy: Jeannie Park, Sue Kim, and Abraham Kim. Together, they will share their experiences and insights on what it means to lead with purpose, build strong communities, and drive meaningful change through service, advocacy, and giving.
This panel will be moderated by Emil Kang, the Agnes Gund Visiting Professor of the Practice of Arts at Brown University and Former Program Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The KACF Associate Board (AB) is a group of community-minded young professionals based in the New York Metro area who serve as ambassadors of KACF’s mission, helping to build awareness of issues of economic security and shape the next generation of Korean American philanthropy. KACF funds community-based non-profit organizations working to improve lives and transform communities in the Korean and Asian American communities in the greater New York area. KACF transforms and empowers communities through philanthropy, volunteerism and inter-community bridge building.
For more information, please visit the link below:
https://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/2032-rooted-in-giving-leading-korean-voices-in-philanthropy")
