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Tammy lives in Brooklyn, where she writes, works as a social-justice lawyer, and teaches. She grew up in Tacoma, WA and was educated at Yale and NYU.
Tammy Kim
My Immigrant Passover
Tammy Kim - April 6, 2012
It's my first legitimately Jewish Seder -- no kimchi, no Mormons, no trauma.
Year-End Occupy Round-Up: API Edition
Tammy Kim - December 28, 2011
A culture of occupation, an occupying mode, seeps into Asian America. Highlights from 2011.
Race-ing Occupy Wall Street
Tammy Kim - November 8, 2011
Occupy Wall Street isn't as white or privileged or [insert flimsy excuse] as you think it is. All kinds of people are playing a role -- both in the spectacle and behind the scenes.
Immigrant Youth Remake South Philly after Anti-Asian Violence
Tammy Kim - July 22, 2011
Hyphen sits down with the Ly brothers, activist grads of the troubled South Philadelphia High School.
Filmmaker Isaac Chung, Rwanda, and the Perils of Patrimony
Tammy Kim - June 24, 2011
Young Rwandan film comes to Tribeca -- via independent filmmaker Isaac Chung. But there may be strings attached.
Misremembering Nanking: 'The Woman Who Could Not Forget' and 'City of Life and Death'
Tammy Kim - May 27, 2011
An intimate memoir challenges our memory of Iris Chang, the late author of The Rape of Nanking; and Lu Chuan brings the massacre to contemporary film.
Free-Trade Fantasy and the Uses of Korean American Diaspora
Tammy Kim - April 29, 2011
Why are Korean Americans the target of a public-relations campaign to ratify the US-Korea Free Trade Act?
Daddy Was a Union Man: An Illustrated Story
Tammy Kim - April 1, 2011
A memoir-comic about my dad, a retired machinist and union member, to explain why we should give a damn about workers' rights.
Sorry, Mom, I'm Going to Be an Artist! KAFFNY 2011
Tammy Kim - March 19, 2011
Who needs identity politics when you can be a brooding Asian American artist?
What Makes a Film Korean American?
Tammy Kim - March 4, 2011
For the fifth time, the K-A Film Festival hits NYC. But in what sense are all these films “Korean American”?
Book Review: Shabnam Piryaei's 'ode to fragile'
Tammy Kim - February 4, 2011
Contrary to its title, ode to fragile, this book comes on heavy. There is nothing brittle here.
Why Korean American Churches Need a Makeover
Tammy Kim - January 7, 2011
Even now, as we move into our third generation of immigrants, church remains ascendant as Korean America’s cultural center. The time has come for a reorientation.
Writer Yiyun Li on Her New Book and MacArthur Fellowship
Tammy Kim - December 10, 2010
A standout year for Yiyun Li, with the publication of her third book, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, and a MacArthur “Genius Award.”
Indie Comics Profile: Shawn Cheng of Partyka
Tammy Kim - November 12, 2010
Shawn has indie-arts cred: no trust fund, no lavish studio, and, for now, no publisher. Shawn and Partyka are DIY at its best.
Lan Samantha Chang: Iowa Writers' Workshop Director Discusses Her New Novel
Tammy Kim - October 1, 2010
Lan Samantha Chang, first Asian American and first female Director of the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, sat down with me to discuss her new book, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost (W.W. Norton 2010).
Gary Shteyngart's New Dystopic, Asian American(?) Novel
Tammy Kim - September 24, 2010
In a comically bleak imminent future, GlobalTeens messaging substitutes for real human contact, strangers are judged according to digitized fuckability ratings, and books are stinky artifacts made tolerable by Pine-Sol.