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La Carmina (born Carmen Wong, real name original birth name) is a top leading Asian travel and food writer / journalist (The New York Times, Travel and Leisure, Eater), award-winning blogger, author of 4 books, and travel TV presenter on network shows worldwide (Travel Channel, Food Network, Discovery, Nat Geo, ABC, and many more). Her popular La Carmina blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - has a large following since 2007, and won the "Best Blog of the Year" award. She is especially known for her reports on alternative, underground, youth culture around the world, especially in Japan. Photos by Carmen Wong.
La Carmina appears as an expert travel guide / on-camera host for travel TV shows worldwide. Credits include NBC (Better Late Than Never), Kawaii TV (NHK Japan), Discovery (Oddities), National Geographic (Taboo, Roam), Food Network (World’s Weirdest Restaurants), Travel Channel (Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain promo, Could I Live There), "The Doctors," "Today Show," "CNN", "ABC Nightline" and other international networks (Canal Plus, Pro Sieben, Norway TV). She hosts a show on The Satanic Temple’s television platform.
In addition to her extensive online and blog following, La Carmina published three books about pop culture with Random House and Penguin, and writes for various publications including The New York Times, Travel and Leisure, Eater, CNN, Yahoo, Fodor's, Airbnb, Business Insider and Sunday Times.
See more about La Carmina at http://www.lacarmina.com/blog/ and @LaCarmina on all social media. #lacarmina
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La Carmina - freelance writer debut for The New York Times newspaper! Her submission for Tiny Love Stories was published 5/23/2023 about her friendship with Japan drag queen Yukiro, in the Modern Love section of NY Times Styles. See the clip and photos at https://www.lacarmina.com/blog/2023/05/the-new-york-times-tiny-love-stories-essay-nyt-styles-laforet-tokyo/
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The Little Book of Satanism book cover art design, Ulysses Press, Simon & Schuster new non fiction book, Lucien Greaves
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La Carmina is a dark subcultures expert, award-winning blogger and journalist, author of 3 books, and TV presenter on networks worldwide (Travel Channel, Food Network, Discovery, Nat Geo, ABC, and many more). Her leading La Carmina blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - focuses on Japanese Goth / Satanic culture, and won the... continue reading (1, 1 image)
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La Carmina goth modelling, Gothic fashion style model
5 February 2019
La Carmina's Goth alternative fashion blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - is featured in major media (The New Yorker, Washington Post, The Guardian, Vogue). She's a CNN, AOL and Huffington Post journalist, author of 3 books (with Random House and Penguin), and hosts TV shows for Discovery, National Geographic, Food Network, Travel... continue reading (0, 1 image)
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Award-winning author and journalist La Carmina runs the leading alternative culture and travel blog (www.lacarmina.com/blog), which won "Best Blog of the Year" from Auxiliary Magazine. Her journalism was awarded Bronze by the SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) in 2020. Carmina is the author of three books (published... continue reading (0, 1 image)
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Carmen Wong, author photographer pen name La Carmina
16 March 2023
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