<div class="gmail_quote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">I'd like to invite you to come join me and fellow writers, artists and fellow Korea Society staff and members for an evening of cocktails, reading and discussion with renowned writer, Wesley Yang, for the launching of The Korea Society's first ever Young Professionals Series. </span><br>
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<div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">On a personal note, Wesley Yang is one of my favorite contemporary writers today. He's a contributing editor of <i>New York Magazine</i>, as well as <i>n+1</i>, a terrific literary magazine, where, in 2008, they published Yang's essay, "The Face of Seung Hui Cho: Virginia Tech and us." I'm sure everyone's already familiar with his tremendous article issued in <i>New York Magazin</i>e earlier this summer entitled "Paper Tigers."</div>

<div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">RSVP is required, so please do so by emailing The Young Professionals Series programmer Claudia Pak at <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 153);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:claudia.ny@koreasociety.org" target="_blank">claudia.ny@koreasociety.org</a></span>. This event is happening at Art Gate next Wednesday at 6:30 PM. </div>

<div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">Please forward this along to any friends who might be interested in attending. </div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">

<br></div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">Hope to see you there. </div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">

<br></div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">Warmest regards,</div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">

<br></div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent">Grace</div><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent"><br></div>

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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
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