John Bocskay is a full-time EFL instructor based in Busan, Korea. Originally from Westchester County, New York, he has been in Korea since 1998. He used to publish a monthly magazine called The Beat in Busan, and now writes for local newspapers, websites, and blogs. He has also co-written a dozen textbooks for a Seoul-based EFL institute franchise. He is interested in many facets of the expatriate experience, and has written on assimilation, the 'expat bubble', the changing nature of emigration, among other things. He also writes short narrative non-fiction, humorous personal essays, and occasional forays into satire and live comedy. He is currently working on an oral history of US expats.