Aaron Shinsano has lived and worked in Korea for over four years. A native of the Bay Area and graduate of UC Davis his first writing job was with the Oakland Tribune. He’s written two unpublished manuscripts, the most recent a fictional novel about Koreans living in Korea and America. These days he does a little freelancing, does part-time scouting for the Chicago Cubs, runs this here Web site, and co-hosts the occasional party with his wife Daisy Gatsby. As a boy he glued himself to the Cincinnati Reds, mostly because he was a fan of “The Baseball Bunch.” He hopes you like East Windup Chronicle and urges you to contact the site at eastwindupchronicle@gmail.com.

Jackson Broder (aka DJ Cary, or Bao Kai Rui) is a Minnesota-born writer, Twins fan, and DJ living in Tainan, Taiwan. He currently teaches writing classes at Southern Taiwan University of Technology. Prior to taking up residence on the beautiful isle, he was a DJ and teacher in Tokyo, Japan and New York City, and later earned his advanced degree at the University of San Francisco-based Center for the Pacific Rim. His credentials include several publications in refereed academic journals as well as baseball writing for flakmag.com, and he has spoken at Columbia University and Harvard University on the topic of Hip Hop and Globalization. When not feverishly studying Chinese or Japanese, he does part time scouting for a certain Major League Baseball franchise around Taiwan.

Header images created by Ted. Salariman and Japanese schoolgirl images on Header #1 used with permission by the artist, Sidney Pink.