Lisa Ko
@iamlisako.bsky.social
📚 MEMORY PIECE (2024)
📚 THE LEAVERS (2017)
Nationally bestselling novelist • National Book Award finalist • New Yorker
http://lisa-ko.com
📚 THE LEAVERS (2017)
Nationally bestselling novelist • National Book Award finalist • New Yorker
http://lisa-ko.com
The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
Build your own time capsule with me on April 2 at Interference Archive as an analog antidote to digital authoritarianism. When histories are rewritten and collective memory is contested, personal archiving can be a mode of resistance.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your...
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your...
March 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Build your own time capsule with me on April 2 at Interference Archive as an analog antidote to digital authoritarianism. When histories are rewritten and collective memory is contested, personal archiving can be a mode of resistance.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your...
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your...
Memory Piece is out in paperback soon and we're celebrating with obsessions! I've dreamed of organizing a reading where writers share PowerPoints on topics they're obsessed with. Join us on 3/25 at P&T Knitwear for presentations from Jennifer Baker, Temim Fruchter, Benedict Nguyễn, and Nina Sharma!
March 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Memory Piece is out in paperback soon and we're celebrating with obsessions! I've dreamed of organizing a reading where writers share PowerPoints on topics they're obsessed with. Join us on 3/25 at P&T Knitwear for presentations from Jennifer Baker, Temim Fruchter, Benedict Nguyễn, and Nina Sharma!
It's paperback events season for MEMORY PIECE. @aliontas.bsky.social called the book "both warning and safe harbor," which I love!
Join me on 3/25 for the paperback launch in NYC, and events in Philly, NJ, LA and more - plus a time capsule workshop and a zine workshop in April!
lisa-ko.com/events
Join me on 3/25 for the paperback launch in NYC, and events in Philly, NJ, LA and more - plus a time capsule workshop and a zine workshop in April!
lisa-ko.com/events
March 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's paperback events season for MEMORY PIECE. @aliontas.bsky.social called the book "both warning and safe harbor," which I love!
Join me on 3/25 for the paperback launch in NYC, and events in Philly, NJ, LA and more - plus a time capsule workshop and a zine workshop in April!
lisa-ko.com/events
Join me on 3/25 for the paperback launch in NYC, and events in Philly, NJ, LA and more - plus a time capsule workshop and a zine workshop in April!
lisa-ko.com/events
My prompt on creating your own time capsule as an anchor in uncertain times is today's letter for @writingco-lab.bsky.social's 100 Days of Creative Resistance. Read the full post: mailchi.mp/504fc06240fa/lisa-ko-creating-time-capsule
January 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My prompt on creating your own time capsule as an anchor in uncertain times is today's letter for @writingco-lab.bsky.social's 100 Days of Creative Resistance. Read the full post: mailchi.mp/504fc06240fa/lisa-ko-creating-time-capsule
Memory Piece is one of NPR's 2024 Books We Love: "A story about 3 friends growing up in and around NYC in the '90s. Their friendship evolves as they push the boundaries of art, performance and technology. I loved that the book makes art feel real and weird and kind of gross." Kind of gross: YES
November 26, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Memory Piece is one of NPR's 2024 Books We Love: "A story about 3 friends growing up in and around NYC in the '90s. Their friendship evolves as they push the boundaries of art, performance and technology. I loved that the book makes art feel real and weird and kind of gross." Kind of gross: YES
was not aware that Steve Aoki is a fan of The Leavers and has a chapter about my novel in his memoir
November 13, 2024 at 9:29 PM
was not aware that Steve Aoki is a fan of The Leavers and has a chapter about my novel in his memoir
two of the archival images we'll be showing at our BKPL event tonight - v excited to finally do powerpoint at a lit reading
rsvp here -
rsvp here -
November 13, 2024 at 9:29 PM
two of the archival images we'll be showing at our BKPL event tonight - v excited to finally do powerpoint at a lit reading
rsvp here -
rsvp here -
Two final NYC events for MEMORY PIECE this month!
Thur 5/16: LISA LISA at BK Library - can't wait to talk to @Qidurian abt shared novel themes incl Tehching Hsieh, art, labor, and more
Tues 5/28: WNYC & NYPL chose MP as their May book club pick (!) and I'll be in convo at SNFL
Thur 5/16: LISA LISA at BK Library - can't wait to talk to @Qidurian abt shared novel themes incl Tehching Hsieh, art, labor, and more
Tues 5/28: WNYC & NYPL chose MP as their May book club pick (!) and I'll be in convo at SNFL
November 13, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Two final NYC events for MEMORY PIECE this month!
Thur 5/16: LISA LISA at BK Library - can't wait to talk to @Qidurian abt shared novel themes incl Tehching Hsieh, art, labor, and more
Tues 5/28: WNYC & NYPL chose MP as their May book club pick (!) and I'll be in convo at SNFL
Thur 5/16: LISA LISA at BK Library - can't wait to talk to @Qidurian abt shared novel themes incl Tehching Hsieh, art, labor, and more
Tues 5/28: WNYC & NYPL chose MP as their May book club pick (!) and I'll be in convo at SNFL
Come see me at these April and May events in and around NYC! Tickets and more info (including two virtual events) at
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Come see me at these April and May events in and around NYC! Tickets and more info (including two virtual events) at
last night at @booksaremagicbk - thank you @melissa_rivero for such a great conversation and everyone who came out in such gross weather. seeing people from so many parts of my life - friends from high school! former students! writers! - is one of the best things about book tour
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
last night at @booksaremagicbk - thank you @melissa_rivero for such a great conversation and everyone who came out in such gross weather. seeing people from so many parts of my life - friends from high school! former students! writers! - is one of the best things about book tour
went to pick up my library holds from my local branch and saw that someone had Memory Piece waiting for them on the holds shelf! thank you, neighbor (seeing my books in the library always makes me a little emotional 🥲)
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
went to pick up my library holds from my local branch and saw that someone had Memory Piece waiting for them on the holds shelf! thank you, neighbor (seeing my books in the library always makes me a little emotional 🥲)
I talked to @CatZhang1 at @TheCut about Chinese school, 90s web journals, my secret driving playlists, and other obsolete esoterica - is this the first time that Teresa Teng and Noel have been mentioned in the same sentence in an interview?
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
I talked to @CatZhang1 at @TheCut about Chinese school, 90s web journals, my secret driving playlists, and other obsolete esoterica - is this the first time that Teresa Teng and Noel have been mentioned in the same sentence in an interview?
Last night's beautiful NYC launch for MEMORY PIECE with Ava Chin and Yu & Me Books / AAWW - so much abundance, so many sweet friends, 20% of this audience had an emotional flashback to the phrase "Dojo carrot ginger dressing"
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Last night's beautiful NYC launch for MEMORY PIECE with Ava Chin and Yu & Me Books / AAWW - so much abundance, so many sweet friends, 20% of this audience had an emotional flashback to the phrase "Dojo carrot ginger dressing"
East Coast! I'm coming home soon and can't wait to launch MEMORY PIECE next week in NYC, DC, and Boston, in conversation with these amazing writers! Ticket links below, and don't forget to wear a mask ❤️
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
East Coast! I'm coming home soon and can't wait to launch MEMORY PIECE next week in NYC, DC, and Boston, in conversation with these amazing writers! Ticket links below, and don't forget to wear a mask ❤️
Loved doing this Q&A with Amy Sutherland for the @BostonGlobe Bibliophiles column - got to discuss my compulsive reading habits, shout out recent favorites by @Lubchansky and @SafiyaSinclair, and the joy of lurching from “The Years” to “The Bee Sting”
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Loved doing this Q&A with Amy Sutherland for the @BostonGlobe Bibliophiles column - got to discuss my compulsive reading habits, shout out recent favorites by @Lubchansky and @SafiyaSinclair, and the joy of lurching from “The Years” to “The Bee Sting”
celebrating pub day in LA - this is tonight at Skylight Books!
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
celebrating pub day in LA - this is tonight at Skylight Books!
"long-awaited second novel" coming soooon
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
"long-awaited second novel" coming soooon
LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE: I'm coming to you next week to launch MEMORY PIECE on the west coast (my first book launch since 2017)! I'll be in conversation with these generous & amazing writers. All events are free, ticket links below, and don't forget to wear a mask ❤️
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE: I'm coming to you next week to launch MEMORY PIECE on the west coast (my first book launch since 2017)! I'll be in conversation with these generous & amazing writers. All events are free, ticket links below, and don't forget to wear a mask ❤️
thank you @KateDwyer for including MEMORY PIECE in this spring fiction preview
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
thank you @KateDwyer for including MEMORY PIECE in this spring fiction preview
seeing the copyeditor's style sheet for a novel is always one of my favorite things (this one for MEMORY PIECE is like a list of keywords for "chinese filipino NJ NYC late '90s")
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
seeing the copyeditor's style sheet for a novel is always one of my favorite things (this one for MEMORY PIECE is like a list of keywords for "chinese filipino NJ NYC late '90s")
Heading out on book tour this month for Memory Piece, which is out 3/19! See you there? Registration links and info on more events, including virtual ones, on my website: lisa-ko.com
March 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Heading out on book tour this month for Memory Piece, which is out 3/19! See you there? Registration links and info on more events, including virtual ones, on my website: lisa-ko.com
Seven years of writing a novel. Hundreds of Scrivener files, folders, documents, index card scenes, post-it structures. Figuring out what questions the writing is asking. Letting my gaze go soft enough to make out the shape of what can come next.
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Seven years of writing a novel. Hundreds of Scrivener files, folders, documents, index card scenes, post-it structures. Figuring out what questions the writing is asking. Letting my gaze go soft enough to make out the shape of what can come next.
"a rare, sumptuous tale of art and friendship that feels both universal and inimitable" (!)
thank you @laurpuckett for writing about MEMORY PIECE in @ELLEmagazine - happy to be on this list with @christinajcooke @ginathechung @vanjchan and
other faves
thank you @laurpuckett for writing about MEMORY PIECE in @ELLEmagazine - happy to be on this list with @christinajcooke @ginathechung @vanjchan and
other faves
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
"a rare, sumptuous tale of art and friendship that feels both universal and inimitable" (!)
thank you @laurpuckett for writing about MEMORY PIECE in @ELLEmagazine - happy to be on this list with @christinajcooke @ginathechung @vanjchan and
other faves
thank you @laurpuckett for writing about MEMORY PIECE in @ELLEmagazine - happy to be on this list with @christinajcooke @ginathechung @vanjchan and
other faves