Sam Han | Eportfolio

I guess the Times is running this online only series under its Opinionator banner called “Townies” which consists of folks who live in New York writing about New York things. (Thus providing more fodder for right-wing political commentators to source when bashing liberal elites…maybe? I shudder to think such a thing.) But, my God, the two that I’ve read from Mary HK Choi have been nothing short of amazing. Yes, the I’m-Korean-born-and-came-to-Texas-too-though-only-for-a-little-before-moving-to-NYC-my-mom’s-family-lives-in-LA-and-dad’s-fam-still-in-Korea-too thing is at work here, but I’d be completely misrepresenting Mary’s wit and craftwomanship (sorry, I’m went to Wesleyan) if I chalked up my response to her writing to just that–ethnic catharsis. It’s mostly just great writing.