John Cho on TROUBLEMAKER
\u201cThe original impulse to write a book for this age was knowing that this is a time of identity formation for me, curiosity about the outside world. And I guess I wanted to make an offering in that space\xa0\u2026\xa0I just wanted to write a book with an Asian American protagonist. And I thought,\xa0how cool it would have been for me at that age to see that at the library.\u201d Actor John Cho (Searching,\xa0Better Luck Tomorrow,\xa0Star Trek,\xa0Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle) steps into a new role, author, with the publication of\xa0Troublemaker, his first book for middle\xa0grade\xa0readers. John joins us on the show to talk about why he needed to write this book now (it wasn\u2019t what he originally pitched to his editor); the legacy of 4/29 in the Korean American community and the murder of Latasha Harlins; his fondness for\xa0the\xa0Little House series; the elasticity of the English language (and not using italics to call out Korean words) and much more with Poured Over\u2019s host, Miwa Messer.
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Featured Books:
Troublemaker\xa0by John Cho
The Little House on the Prairie\xa0by Laura Ingalls Wilder
IQ\xa0by Joe Ide
Your House Will Pay\xa0by Steph Cha
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