Contains edited transcriptions of interviews conducted by Kim and Yu presented as oral histories.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-386).

Urban impressionist / K.W. Lee -- Dirty laundry / Stella Soon-Hi Koh -- War zone / Dong Hwan Ku -- Launched / Imjung Kwuon -- Revitalizing America / Tong Sun Lim -- Hot pepper / "Maeun Koch'u" -- Spiritual tension / Kyong-Ae Price -- Multiple-box person / Dredge Kang -- Causal connection / Doh-An Kim -- Distorted history / Eun Sik Yang -- Tasting America / Sung Yong Park -- Chino / Kyu [Min] Lee -- Starting from zero / Kathy Kim -- Dragon / Sean Suh -- Tommy's mother / Brenda Paik Sunoo -- Away from the center / Richard Chung -- A humble messenger / Kyung-Ja Lee -- A seeker and a fighter / Youn Jae Kim -- Strong determination / Han Chol Hong -- No spokesperson / Hyun Yi Kang -- House of Haesun / Y. Chang -- Getting real / Paul Kim -- Cruise control / Alexander Hull -- Head of household / Serena Choi -- Non-traditional and Korean / Sandy Lee -- Second homeland / Young Soon Han -- Love letter from a stranger / Yanny Rhee -- Hanging onto my dream / James Ryu -- One chapter a day / Nataly Kim -- Man of the house / James Park -- Pilgrimage / Jay Kun Yoo -- Born to be a soldier / Young Kim -- Adopted / Janine Bishop -- Black and Korean / Kook Kim Dean -- Year of the sheep / Kun Soo Kang -- A higher ground / Young Shin -- Perpetually marginal / Sookhee Choe Kim -- As American as possible / Bong Hwan Kim.