{"id":19810,"date":"2025-04-06T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=19810"},"modified":"2025-04-06T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:54:00","slug":"stefano-jun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/stefano-jun\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefano Jun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Stefano Jun was born in Korea and immigrated to Canada when he was an elementary school child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Modern-Asian-Family-Straight-Outta-Busan-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19812 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Modern-Asian-Family-Straight-Outta-Busan-book-cover.jpg 218w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Modern-Asian-Family-Straight-Outta-Busan-book-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 218px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 218\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-fiction (Memoir \/ Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Canmore, Alberta: Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2025.<br>forthcoming April 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A collection of short cartoons from Stefano Jun chronicling his experiences growing up a Korean immigrant in Western Canada. Having moved to Canada as an 8 year old with no knowledge of English, Stefano encounters culture shock, family love, friendship, and ultimately finding a place for himself in the vast country he has called home for 20 years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These slice of life stories are a keenly observed insight into the \u00a0experience of growing up in an unfamiliar place. Full of emotion, humour and surprise, <em>Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan<\/em> is a delight to read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/renegadeartsentertainment.com\/\">Renegade Arts Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefano Jun was born in Korea and immigrated to Canada when he was an elementary school child. Non-fiction (Memoir \/ Graphic novel) Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan Canmore, Alberta: Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2025.forthcoming April 2025 Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/stefano-jun\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19814,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19810\/revisions\/19814"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}