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Marilynne Robinson for Obama

by Maud | February 21st, 2008

Nick Antosca is tracking writers’ political contributions. If you find more, add ‘em in his comments.

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The Begats

koreamjournal:

A Korean name can provide its bearer with a link to ancestors going back thousands of years…. Each Korean name contains a wealth of history that links an individual to ancestors thousands of years in the past. I notice that even today these honored genealogies, catalogued in a book called the jokbo, continue to poke their way into the life of nearly every Korean.

Yet although nearly every Korean family is proud of this book and talks of this book, when I ask, “Do you know what’s in it?” they shake their heads.

Read more at iamkoream.com.

07/16/14

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