Elaine Woo
writer
Elaine Woo is a Los Angeles native who has written for her hometown paper since 1983. She covered public education and filled a variety of editing assignments before joining “the dead beat” – news obituaries – where she has produced artful pieces on celebrated local, national and international figures, including Norman Mailer, Julia Child and Rosa Parks. She left The Times in 2015.
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La lápida de mi padre tiene tres renglones con caracteres chinos, la mayoría de los cuales yo, como china nacida en Estados Unidos, no sé leer.
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