Min Jin Lee
@minjinlee.bsky.social
New York State Author Laureate 2025-2027. Writer. New Yorker. Late Bloomer.
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Earlier this week, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Thanks to @vinsoncunningham.bsky.social, @mirajacob.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, Colm Tóibín, and Jay O. Sanders for an enlightening evening, and to everyone who joined us!
(Photo by Nile Scott)
(Photo by Nile Scott)
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Earlier this week, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Thanks to @vinsoncunningham.bsky.social, @mirajacob.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, Colm Tóibín, and Jay O. Sanders for an enlightening evening, and to everyone who joined us!
(Photo by Nile Scott)
(Photo by Nile Scott)
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After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done.
After 20 years at The Washington Post, I’m suddenly on my own — and still writing about books.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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GREAT reading month in January--maybe needing an escape from our current hellscape. Of the 15 books I read, these were the 9 five-star reads. Huge thanks to @annnapolitano.bsky.social @minjinlee.bsky.social @madelinemiller.bsky.social and the other authors for their beautiful work #booksky
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
GREAT reading month in January--maybe needing an escape from our current hellscape. Of the 15 books I read, these were the 9 five-star reads. Huge thanks to @annnapolitano.bsky.social @minjinlee.bsky.social @madelinemiller.bsky.social and the other authors for their beautiful work #booksky
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My 🐐 is back
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
My 🐐 is back
September 29, 2026.
January 15, 2026 at 6:29 AM
September 29, 2026.
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New @minjinlee.bsky.social novel, AMERICAN HAGWON, coming from @reaganart.bsky.social's Cardinal imprint on 9/29!
Book media: for ARC requests -->
michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
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michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
Min Jin Lee's 'American Hagwon' to be released in September
Min Jin Lee's new novel, “American Hagwon,” explores why Koreans are so focused on education. It's her first book since her acclaimed “Pachinko” and is scheduled for September.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
New @minjinlee.bsky.social novel, AMERICAN HAGWON, coming from @reaganart.bsky.social's Cardinal imprint on 9/29!
Book media: for ARC requests -->
michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
Book media: for ARC requests -->
michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
A 600ish word essay appears in Vogue. www.vogue.com/article/hope...
My Hope for Mayor Mamdani
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January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
A 600ish word essay appears in Vogue. www.vogue.com/article/hope...
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I read 123 books in 2025 and these are my top ten!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
December 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I read 123 books in 2025 and these are my top ten!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
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Author @minjinlee.bsky.social bringing the Queens in this excellent discussion about The Great Gatsby on Cannonball with Wesley Morris.
Our Last Chance to Talk ‘Gatsby’
Podcast Episode · Cannonball with Wesley Morris · 12/25/2025 · 48m
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December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Author @minjinlee.bsky.social bringing the Queens in this excellent discussion about The Great Gatsby on Cannonball with Wesley Morris.
Inauguration 2026. Let's welcome Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on January 1. As a member of the Inaugural Committee and New Yorker, l'd love to invite you. *Everyone* is welcome.
RSVP:
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December 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Inauguration 2026. Let's welcome Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on January 1. As a member of the Inaugural Committee and New Yorker, l'd love to invite you. *Everyone* is welcome.
RSVP:
www.transition2025.com/inauguration
RSVP:
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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America’s children seem to be struggling. But the broad national conversation around children’s mental health seems to ignore the environment where children spend most of their waking hours: school, writes Jia Lynn Yang. nyti.ms/49IQpbz
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
America’s children seem to be struggling. But the broad national conversation around children’s mental health seems to ignore the environment where children spend most of their waking hours: school, writes Jia Lynn Yang. nyti.ms/49IQpbz
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Tochi Onyebuchi's amazing essay collection, out now on my imprint, is NPR's book of the day!!!! www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
Tochi Onyebuchi’s 'Racebook' is a 'personal history' of a less serious time online : NPR's Book of the Day
Tochi Onyebuchi remembers when the internet was fun. The science fiction and fantasy author says he initially existed online as a “skinless, raceless entity” until he experienced a shift around 2012. ...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tochi Onyebuchi's amazing essay collection, out now on my imprint, is NPR's book of the day!!!! www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
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Delicious dinner, inspiring conversation, and Korean American power ✨ With the great @minjinlee.bsky.social & Chef Edward Lee in Seoul.
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Delicious dinner, inspiring conversation, and Korean American power ✨ With the great @minjinlee.bsky.social & Chef Edward Lee in Seoul.
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In the first piece from our Future of New York series, we asked a bunch of cultural smarties, including @shteyngart.bsky.social @minjinlee.bsky.social @mobrowne.bsky.social @sloanecrosley.bsky.social, to look ahead to 2050.
Notable New Yorkers on the City’s Arts Scene, 25 Years Out
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October 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In the first piece from our Future of New York series, we asked a bunch of cultural smarties, including @shteyngart.bsky.social @minjinlee.bsky.social @mobrowne.bsky.social @sloanecrosley.bsky.social, to look ahead to 2050.
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The University of Chicago is now hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of fiction writing. apply.interfolio.com/174642
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September 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The University of Chicago is now hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of fiction writing. apply.interfolio.com/174642
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Highlighting some of the genres specifically desired for this position.
Folks who write genre fiction take note!
“Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”
Folks who write genre fiction take note!
“Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”
A new tenure track fiction job at Oberlin, deadline of 9/15/2025. jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16771
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing: Fiction
The Creative Writing at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in Fiction. Desirable additional subspecialties include s...
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September 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Highlighting some of the genres specifically desired for this position.
Folks who write genre fiction take note!
“Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”
Folks who write genre fiction take note!
“Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
A return of my conversation with the great Gilbert Cruz of @nytimes.com on today’s NYTBR podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/5o1E...
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: 'Pachinko' (Rerun)
The Book Review · Episode
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August 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A return of my conversation with the great Gilbert Cruz of @nytimes.com on today’s NYTBR podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/5o1E...
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It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
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We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’.
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
July 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’.
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
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I’ve been preparing for my upcoming How to Write an Essay Collection seminar class, and I’m honestly excited for this Sunday. The class meets in two sessions, is recorded if you’re unable to attend at the time for some reason, and has ASL interpreters. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
Craft Seminar: How To Write An Essay Collection with Alexander Chee — The Shipman Agency
2 Sessions: Sundays, July 13 + 27 1:00-3:30 pm ET Alexander Chee Alexander Chee is the author of the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, named most recently as one of...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I’ve been preparing for my upcoming How to Write an Essay Collection seminar class, and I’m honestly excited for this Sunday. The class meets in two sessions, is recorded if you’re unable to attend at the time for some reason, and has ASL interpreters. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
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PEN America congratulates New York's new State Author, former PEN America trustee @minjinlee.bsky.social and new State Poet, past PEN/Voelcker Award winner Kimiko Hahn, two exceptional writers whose contributions to literary culture cannot be overstated. www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/nys-wri...
NYS Writers Institute announces New York State Author and New York State Poet
The New York State Writers Institute proudly announces novelist Min Jin Lee has been named the new State Author and Kimiko Hahn the new State Poet honoring their extraordinary craft and deep roots in ...
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June 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
PEN America congratulates New York's new State Author, former PEN America trustee @minjinlee.bsky.social and new State Poet, past PEN/Voelcker Award winner Kimiko Hahn, two exceptional writers whose contributions to literary culture cannot be overstated. www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/nys-wri...
Am deeply honored to be named the New York State Author Laureate for 2025-2027. My congratulations to NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn. My profound thanks to @nyswi.bsky.social and to the jury.
The NYS Writers Institute proudly announces novelist Min Jin Lee has been named the new State Author and Kimiko Hahn the new State Poet. www.nyswritersinstitute.org
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June 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Am deeply honored to be named the New York State Author Laureate for 2025-2027. My congratulations to NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn. My profound thanks to @nyswi.bsky.social and to the jury.
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“We both took pleasure in being irrelevant and irreverent and unflappable.”
Today in TYR, Yiyun Li pays tribute to her friend, the late Edmund White.
Today in TYR, Yiyun Li pays tribute to her friend, the late Edmund White.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“We both took pleasure in being irrelevant and irreverent and unflappable.”
Today in TYR, Yiyun Li pays tribute to her friend, the late Edmund White.
Today in TYR, Yiyun Li pays tribute to her friend, the late Edmund White.