![]() ![]() Lee will be at Greysolon Ballroom on Sunday for Her most recent book, a novel written for adults and titled "The Evening Hero," returns to the Northland to explore the journey of a character who is in some (though not all) respects similar to the author's father. She's also been one of the few American writers to have visited North Korea in recent decades. Marie Myung-Ok Lee went on to an illustrious career as a writer and teacher. It drew on the then fairly recent experiences of its writer, who grew up in Hibbing as the child of Korean immigrants. That book, with its account of an Asian American character being gently gaslit, was "the first teen novel released by a major publisher with a contemporary Asian American protagonist by an Asian American author," wrote literary historian Gabrielle Moss. "You know how kids can be mean to each other. "I'm sure they don't mean it," Ellen's coach says, putting an arm around the girl's shoulder. ![]()
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