Cultural Writing. Poetry. Fiction. Asian American Studies. This special issue of Bamboo Ridge (No. 82) is guest edited by Nora Okja Keller (Comfort Woman, Fox Girl), Brenda Kwon, Sun Namkung, Gary Pak (The Watcher of Waipuna, The Ricepaper Airplane), and Cathy Song (Picture Bride, The Land of Bliss). Contributors include HONOLULU Magazine editor-at-large David K. Choo, Ploughshares editor Don Lee (Yellow), Chris McKinney (The Tattoo, The Queen of Tears), and former Hawai'i State Representative Jackie Young. From the earliest plantation experiences to modern life and culture in the 50th state, topics explored by the writers chronicle the Korean-American experience through evocative essays, poetry, and prose.