Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh
@artichokeheart.bsky.social
(she/they) Biracial Nisei. Poet and writer. Editor. EIC South Dakota Review. Lover of cats and mollusks.
I'm SO looking forward to reading in support of unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) via Zoom this Sunday afternoon, November 23, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Link to register via EventBrite (and read bios/get more information) here: register: bit.ly/4nk33Rt
Link to register via EventBrite (and read bios/get more information) here: register: bit.ly/4nk33Rt
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm SO looking forward to reading in support of unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) via Zoom this Sunday afternoon, November 23, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Link to register via EventBrite (and read bios/get more information) here: register: bit.ly/4nk33Rt
Link to register via EventBrite (and read bios/get more information) here: register: bit.ly/4nk33Rt
I'll be reading October 29, at 7:00 p.m. at The Heller Center (1250 N. Campus Heights Drive) in Colorado Springs for the UCCS Visiting Author Series to support my new book, unMothered, unTongued from @ugapress.bsky.social :
For more information call 719-255-6277 or email Heller@uccs.edu.
For more information call 719-255-6277 or email Heller@uccs.edu.
October 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'll be reading October 29, at 7:00 p.m. at The Heller Center (1250 N. Campus Heights Drive) in Colorado Springs for the UCCS Visiting Author Series to support my new book, unMothered, unTongued from @ugapress.bsky.social :
For more information call 719-255-6277 or email Heller@uccs.edu.
For more information call 719-255-6277 or email Heller@uccs.edu.
This week in Atlanta: I'm delighted to be reading from unMothered, unTongued, winner of the AWP Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social, this Thursday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m., at the Emory Bookstore (First Floor).
October 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This week in Atlanta: I'm delighted to be reading from unMothered, unTongued, winner of the AWP Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social, this Thursday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m., at the Emory Bookstore (First Floor).
I'm back from the Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival in Frostburg, MD, where I had such a wonderful time! Grateful, too, for the upcoming venues that will be hosting me as unMothered, unTongued continues to make its way into the world.
October 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm back from the Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival in Frostburg, MD, where I had such a wonderful time! Grateful, too, for the upcoming venues that will be hosting me as unMothered, unTongued continues to make its way into the world.
I'm excited to be giving the kickoff reading for the Indie Lit Festival on September 26, at Main Street Books, 2 East Main Street in Frostburg, MD. This will be my first reading out for unMothered, unTongued, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social !
www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l...
www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l...
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'm excited to be giving the kickoff reading for the Indie Lit Festival on September 26, at Main Street Books, 2 East Main Street in Frostburg, MD. This will be my first reading out for unMothered, unTongued, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social !
www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l...
www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l...
Today is the official release day for unMothered, unTongued!!!
Order from @ugapress.bsky.social here:
www.ugapress.org/978082037443...
Order from @ugapress.bsky.social here:
www.ugapress.org/978082037443...
September 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today is the official release day for unMothered, unTongued!!!
Order from @ugapress.bsky.social here:
www.ugapress.org/978082037443...
Order from @ugapress.bsky.social here:
www.ugapress.org/978082037443...
My parents' anniversary was August 6, the tenth anniversary of tHiroshima, the day my mother aid she "drop the bomb" on her parents. I write about this in my essay, "The Atomic Age," from unMothered, unTongued:
Order here, from @ugapress.bsky.social:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
Order here, from @ugapress.bsky.social:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
August 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My parents' anniversary was August 6, the tenth anniversary of tHiroshima, the day my mother aid she "drop the bomb" on her parents. I write about this in my essay, "The Atomic Age," from unMothered, unTongued:
Order here, from @ugapress.bsky.social:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
Order here, from @ugapress.bsky.social:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
So grateful for my conversation with Charles K. Carter as part of the #SundaySweetChats series, Season 3, Episode 4, which premieres on YouTube today (and will be available for viewing after premiere), August 24th, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time!
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbvz....
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbvz....
August 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So grateful for my conversation with Charles K. Carter as part of the #SundaySweetChats series, Season 3, Episode 4, which premieres on YouTube today (and will be available for viewing after premiere), August 24th, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time!
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbvz....
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbvz....
Tonight (Thurday, 8/21/25)! 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time! I'll be reading via Zoom for the Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series, presented by The Emily Dickinson Museum with Cathy Linh Che and Monica Ong! Click below to register:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphorescence-august-2025
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphorescence-august-2025
August 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Tonight (Thurday, 8/21/25)! 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time! I'll be reading via Zoom for the Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series, presented by The Emily Dickinson Museum with Cathy Linh Che and Monica Ong! Click below to register:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphorescence-august-2025
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphorescence-august-2025
The first copy of my book, unmothered, unTongued, arrived this weekend and I'm absolutely thrilled! Immense gratitude to the team at @ugapress.bsky.social for their stunning work: the covers, the interior, the paper . . . all so lovely
Order/preordering link below:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
Order/preordering link below:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
August 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The first copy of my book, unmothered, unTongued, arrived this weekend and I'm absolutely thrilled! Immense gratitude to the team at @ugapress.bsky.social for their stunning work: the covers, the interior, the paper . . . all so lovely
Order/preordering link below:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
Order/preordering link below:
www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Immense gratitude to the amazing Jillian Sico at The Press at Colorado College, who created this gorgeous letterpress broadside featuring an excerpt from the concluding short story Reveal Codes, "Space." <3
April 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Immense gratitude to the amazing Jillian Sico at The Press at Colorado College, who created this gorgeous letterpress broadside featuring an excerpt from the concluding short story Reveal Codes, "Space." <3
I'm so happy to share the cover reveal for my book of lyric essays, whih was named winner of this years' Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction in the AWP Awards Series, forthcoming from @ugapress.bsky.social.
March 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I'm so happy to share the cover reveal for my book of lyric essays, whih was named winner of this years' Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction in the AWP Awards Series, forthcoming from @ugapress.bsky.social.
In the midst of awfulness, I'm super grateful to have this wintry mix of linked tanka, #meteorology, from my chapbook #stringofbeads (Diode Editions, 2023) featured on @poetrydaily.bsky.social today! Click on link below to read! poems.com/poem/meteoro...
February 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In the midst of awfulness, I'm super grateful to have this wintry mix of linked tanka, #meteorology, from my chapbook #stringofbeads (Diode Editions, 2023) featured on @poetrydaily.bsky.social today! Click on link below to read! poems.com/poem/meteoro...
So much gratitude to be featured by @hotredheadmedia
in the first episode of Season 4 of Booktails, reading from my story collection Reveal Codes (@MoonCityPress) with cohosts @hfowlerwrites and @ReineDugas!
Check it out here:
www.hotredheadmedia.com/booktails/ep...
in the first episode of Season 4 of Booktails, reading from my story collection Reveal Codes (@MoonCityPress) with cohosts @hfowlerwrites and @ReineDugas!
Check it out here:
www.hotredheadmedia.com/booktails/ep...
January 16, 2024 at 6:14 PM
So much gratitude to be featured by @hotredheadmedia
in the first episode of Season 4 of Booktails, reading from my story collection Reveal Codes (@MoonCityPress) with cohosts @hfowlerwrites and @ReineDugas!
Check it out here:
www.hotredheadmedia.com/booktails/ep...
in the first episode of Season 4 of Booktails, reading from my story collection Reveal Codes (@MoonCityPress) with cohosts @hfowlerwrites and @ReineDugas!
Check it out here:
www.hotredheadmedia.com/booktails/ep...
Reveal Codes revealed in Meatspace! So much gratitude to all of the amazing folks at Moon City Press for making this dream come true!
Order here:
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
Order here:
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
November 13, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Reveal Codes revealed in Meatspace! So much gratitude to all of the amazing folks at Moon City Press for making this dream come true!
Order here:
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
Order here:
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
Ten years in the making, my collection of short stories, Reveal Codes, winner of the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award, is now shipping form Moon City Press! I'd be so grateful if you'd consider placing an order.
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
November 9, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Ten years in the making, my collection of short stories, Reveal Codes, winner of the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award, is now shipping form Moon City Press! I'd be so grateful if you'd consider placing an order.
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
Now available for preorder, with a release date of November 1 from @mooncitypress.bsky.social ! I would so grateful if you'd consider preordering, as it does so much for books/authors/presses.
www.uapress.com/product/reve....
www.uapress.com/product/reve....
October 3, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Now available for preorder, with a release date of November 1 from @mooncitypress.bsky.social ! I would so grateful if you'd consider preordering, as it does so much for books/authors/presses.
www.uapress.com/product/reve....
www.uapress.com/product/reve....
It has been a *forever* dream of mine to publish a book-length collection of fiction, and now my first book of short stories, Reveal Codes, winner of the 2022 Moon City Press Short Fiction Award, is available for preorder!
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
September 20, 2023 at 6:10 PM
It has been a *forever* dream of mine to publish a book-length collection of fiction, and now my first book of short stories, Reveal Codes, winner of the 2022 Moon City Press Short Fiction Award, is available for preorder!
www.uapress.com/product/reve...
www.uapress.com/product/reve...