Nicole Chung

Nicole Chung
Born 1981 (age 36–37)
Seattle, Washington, USA
Occupation Writer, editor
Nationality American
Genre
Notable works All You Can Ever Know
Website
nicolechung.net

Nicole Chung (born 1981) is an American writer and editor. She is the former managing editor of The Toast, the editor-in-chief of Catapult magazine, and the author of the memoir All You Can Ever Know.

Biography

Chung was born in Seattle in 1981 to Korean parents who put her up for adoption after she spent months on life support.[1][2] She was raised in Oregon by adoptive white Catholic parents.[3]

In her mid-20s Chung took a nonfiction class and started writing essays.[4] She later worked as the managing editor for The Toast from 2014 until the site closed in 2016, after which she became the editor-in-chief of Catapult magazine.[5][6] She continued writing essays on topics involving gender, race, and media, such as the impact of seeing Asian American figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi on television[7] and the experience of casual racism at dinner parties.[8] Her first book, a memoir titled All You Can Ever Know, was published by Catapult in 2018. The memoir follows Chung's own life story as well as the story of her birth sister, whom she met after reestablishing contact with their birth parents.[9] The book is structured around Chung's efforts during her first pregnancy to reconstruct the story of her own origins, including searching for her birth family, contacting them, then discovering a history of abuse, divorce, and deception.[10]

Writing for The Washington Post, Bethanne Patrick called All You Can Ever Know "one of this year’s finest books",[11] while Publishers Weekly called it "vibrant and provocative".[2] Katy Waldman of The New Yorker praised the book's "relatability" but noted that the characters are "sympathetic, but not particularly enthralling" and that she wanted "more surprise, more invention, from this book".[10] Kate Tuttle of The Boston Globe summarized the book as "deeply thoughtful and moving" and "a fiercely compelling page-turner".[12]

Bibliography

  • Chung, Nicole (2018). All You Can Ever Know. Catapult. ISBN 9781936787975.

References

  1. ↑ Macdonald, Moira (September 20, 2018). "Fall reading 2018: 9 books to curl up with this cozy time of year". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "All You Can Ever Know". Publishers Weekly. August 13, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Karimjee, Mariya (October 4, 2018). "'All You Can Ever Know' Offers A Personal Account Of Transracial Adoption". NPR. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Chung, Nicole (October 2, 2018). "E. B. White's Lesson for Debut Writers: It's Okay to Start Small". The Atlantic (Interview). Interviewed by Joe Fassler. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ortberg, Daniel Mallory (September 25, 2014). "Meet Nicole". The Toast. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ Ruskin, Zack (August 30, 2018). "Former Toast Editor Nicole Chung Unearths Her Family Roots". SF Weekly. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ The Editors (April 2, 2016). "Kristi Yamaguchi and Cornbread: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Doyle, Jacqueline (August 5, 2016). "What Did You Say?". Electric Literature. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Chung, Nicole (September 26, 2018). "In Rare Company: An Interview with Nicole Chung". Columbia Journal (Interview). Interviewed by Sarah Rosenthal. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  10. 1 2 Waldman, Katy (October 9, 2018). "Nicole Chung's Adoption Memoir, "All You Can Ever Know," Is an Ode to Sisterly Love". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ Patrick, Bethanne (October 1, 2018). "The 10 books to read in October". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ Tuttle, Kate (October 5, 2018). "Raised by white parents, a Korean adoptee wrestles with identity". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
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