Growing up, Kalani loved Pokemon. Tae loved Korean fashion. And, being in America, they were robustly mocked for it. That same culture is celebrated now. What does it mean to them—and to kids finally seeing books with Korean-Americans represented?

Join Kalani Kapahua, the manager of the Ravenna location of Third Place Books, and award-winning author Tae Keller as they chat about their lives growing up as biracial Korean-Americans and what it was like to find themselves in books.

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Edited by Rebecca Speas and Nicole Brinkley. Logo by Jean Michel. Music by Mark Shwedow.