Kai Ma

Asian-American Writers Workshop

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Managing Editor of the Asian-American Writers Workshop, a literary arts organization headquartered in New York; native Angeleno and former editor-in-chief of KoreAm, an Los Angeles-based publication for the Korean-American community

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Koreatown was officially designated an LA neighborhood in 1978.  It's five square miles just west of downtown, between Beverly and Olympic on the North and South and, roughly, between…

Koreatown

Koreatown was officially designated an LA neighborhood in 1978.  It's five square miles just west of downtown, between Beverly and Olympic on the North and South and, roughly, between…

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