Brenda Kwon

Brenda Lee Kwon

born 1968

University of Southern California, BA

University of California, Los Angeles, MA

University of California, Los Angeles, PhD 1997; dissertation title: Beyond Ke'eamoku : Koreans, nationalism, and local culture in Hawai'i

taught at 'Iolani School

teaches literature/composition at Honolulu Community College

runs a poetry series "Rhythm and Rhyme" Thursday evenings at Coffee Talk on Waialae Avenue

lives in Nu'uanu


poem "Fix" in Amerasia Journal, Boiling Spring Section, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1991, page 55

Beyond Ke'eaumoku: Koreans, Nationalism, and Local Culture in Hawai'i (Asian Americans: Reconceptualizing Culture, History, Politics) by Brenda L. Kwon; Garland Pub; (01 May, 1999)

Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women edited by Elaine H. Kim, Lilia V Villanueva, and Asian Women United of California, with a forward by Jessica Hagedorn - 1997, 309 pages, paperback (poem "Inheritance" by Brenda Kwon)


Brenda Kwon at Topics Practical

Brenda Kwon's Yobo: Korean-American Writing in Hawai'i at Honolulu Star Bulletin

Vagina Monologues - Brenda Kwon - Honolulu Star Bulletin

Vagina Monologues - Brenda Kwon - Honolulu Advertiser


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