Book Interview
WOO AE YI WANTS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN KOREAN ADOPTEES & BLACK LIVES MATTER / 2021
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Korean Adoptee Stories interviews Woo Ae Yi about the new release of her book: Profiles of KAD Relations with the Black Community: '92 to '20 which is sold digitally and on paperback at Amazon. Yi Woo Ae is an author, poet, lyricist, playwright, and unofficial anthropologist who was born in a suburb of Seoul, South Korea, and is an U.S. citizen. She has published twelve books, including this one, on the topic of Korean adoptees, Goths, romance and sex, spirituality, and prison. She was raised in the white-populated area of Little Korea, the Koreatown of the metropolitan DC area, and lived in the Korean populated area of Little Korea for more than 10 years. She volunteers at Adoptee Hub as a copywriter to help stand up a birth search portal, among other adult adoptee services.
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ONLINE BOOK CLUB BOOK REVIEW / 2021
Profiles of KAD Relations with the Black Community: '92 to '20 received a four-star book review in April 2021.
LITERARY TITAN BOOK REVIEW / 2021
Profiles of KAD Relations with the Black Community: '92 to '20 received a four-star book review in February 2021.
LITERARY TITAN AUTHOR INTERVIEW / 2021
Woo Ae Yi is a winner of the Literary Titan Silver Award for March 2021.
UNIVERSAL ASIAN AUTHOR INTERVIEW / 2021
Excerpt: "A person can consider themselves anti-racist and still have a blind spot for Asian-American issues dealing with race; it's quite common. I think it's important that one understands that combating racism is not as simple as just focusing on learning about the issues for one race, which could take a lifetime in itself, but for all races and all issues surrounding privilege and kyriarchy (a system built around who has power). General compassion and hospitality can go a long way no matter who you are interacting with, as long as it's not 'white saviorism,' which can do more harm than good at time."
LITERARY TITAN AUTHOR BOOK REVIEW / 2021
Red Thread of Fate received a four-star book review.
LITERARY TITAN AUTHOR INTERVIEW / 2021
Woo Ae Yi was very much into romance when writing a romantic novel.
KOREAN QUARTERLY (SUMMER ISSUE) / 2021
Korean adoptees have a role in an emerging racial reckoning.
ADOPTEE VOICES / 2021
Woo Ae Yi contemplates the process of losing and gaining as an adoptee.
Woo Ae Yi, formerly Ame Ai, is a multidisciplinary screenwriter, playwright, author, poet, lyricist, and unofficial anthropologist. Both “Woo Ae” (우 애) and “Ame Ai” (雨愛) translate to “rain love,” and Yi believes that, just as rain falls on everyone, that everyone deserves to be loved. With a prolific library of thirteen titles (including this one), Yi has written on the topic of adoption, race, culture, romance and sex, spirituality, and prison since 2008 through various mediums. Yi has been publishing creative and nonfiction works only somewhat longer than she has enjoyed membership in Toastmasters International. In the future, Yi plans to write more about Korean (and/or Asian) adoptees, prison, her personal experiences as a part of the LGBTQ* community, and paranormal topics. Yi has been happily married for two years and enjoys watching animé and musicals, and listening to K-pop and The Beatles.
