Min Jin Lee
@minjinlee.bsky.social
New York State Author Laureate 2025-2027. Writer. New Yorker. Late Bloomer.
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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
www.nytimes.com
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...
jobs.oberlin.edu
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.
www.theatlantic.com
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.
yalereview.org
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.
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@minjinlee.bsky.social Even ChatGPT gets it
June 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
@minjinlee.bsky.social Even ChatGPT gets it
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“I’ve been on this crusade against metaphor for years,” Yiyun Li tells Manjula Martin in this conversation. “I think metaphors are not helpful when you are writing about things that are very hard to tackle.”
For garden lovers, metaphor haters, and those learning to accept grief.
For garden lovers, metaphor haters, and those learning to accept grief.
Sometimes a Rose Is Just a Rose
A conversation about gardening, loss, and the end of metaphor
orionmagazine.org
May 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“I’ve been on this crusade against metaphor for years,” Yiyun Li tells Manjula Martin in this conversation. “I think metaphors are not helpful when you are writing about things that are very hard to tackle.”
For garden lovers, metaphor haters, and those learning to accept grief.
For garden lovers, metaphor haters, and those learning to accept grief.
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Returning with two online craft seminar classes this summer. The first meets on two Sundays in July, a look at several approaches to creating an essay collection, and includes suggested readings and writing prompts for essays, 3 per class. 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...
www.theshipmanagency.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Returning with two online craft seminar classes this summer. The first meets on two Sundays in July, a look at several approaches to creating an essay collection, and includes suggested readings and writing prompts for essays, 3 per class. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
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Fake books are the least of our worries.... In an acid bath of ease, AI has dissolved the exercises used to teach middle and high school students to read closely and write effectively.
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Book Club: 30 (real) books to read this summer
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May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fake books are the least of our worries.... In an acid bath of ease, AI has dissolved the exercises used to teach middle and high school students to read closely and write effectively.
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Min Jin Lee giving her speech as the 2025 distinguished alumn at the One Story Mag literary debutante ball! 💫
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May 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Min Jin Lee giving her speech as the 2025 distinguished alumn at the One Story Mag literary debutante ball! 💫
@minjinlee.bsky.social @hannahtinti.bsky.social @onestorymag.bsky.social
@minjinlee.bsky.social @hannahtinti.bsky.social @onestorymag.bsky.social
I have not written and will not be writing a novel called "Nightshade Market."
Thank you.
Thank you.
May 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I have not written and will not be writing a novel called "Nightshade Market."
Thank you.
Thank you.
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You know that feeling when a book is over 550 pages? Well... Just started book "Free Food for Millionaires" by Min Jin Lee - I AM HOOKED.
The writing - chef level - each sentence seasoned perfectly with the zest of cultural friction and bold flavor of family. #booksky 💙📚@minjinlee.bsky.social
The writing - chef level - each sentence seasoned perfectly with the zest of cultural friction and bold flavor of family. #booksky 💙📚@minjinlee.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
You know that feeling when a book is over 550 pages? Well... Just started book "Free Food for Millionaires" by Min Jin Lee - I AM HOOKED.
The writing - chef level - each sentence seasoned perfectly with the zest of cultural friction and bold flavor of family. #booksky 💙📚@minjinlee.bsky.social
The writing - chef level - each sentence seasoned perfectly with the zest of cultural friction and bold flavor of family. #booksky 💙📚@minjinlee.bsky.social
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May 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Not often that you get to spend an hour talking about a story you worked on. Thanks to Radiowest on @kuer.org. radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowe...
Why a Massacre of Chinese Miners 140 Years Ago Still Matters
On September 2, 1885, tragedy struck the coal-mining town of Rock Springs, Wyoming, when white coal workers brutally attacked and murdered Chinese immigrants brought in to work the mines.
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April 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Not often that you get to spend an hour talking about a story you worked on. Thanks to Radiowest on @kuer.org. radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowe...
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52 years.
Horace Peterson has been freed after 52 years of maintaining his innocence
‘We did it’: Michigan man freed after 52 years of maintaining innocence
Moments after Horace Peterson learned his 52 years of incarceration were coming to an end, he looked into the courtroom’s gallery, cracked a smile and waved to his 11-year-old great grandson.
www.mlive.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
52 years.
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Full video of the launch event for Strangers in the Land is now online! Watch the hilarious, thoughtful, and perceptive @minjinlee.bsky.social and I in conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqL...
Strangers in the Land Book Launch at MOCA | Michael Luo in Conversation with Min Jin Lee
YouTube video by Museum of Chinese in America
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May 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Full video of the launch event for Strangers in the Land is now online! Watch the hilarious, thoughtful, and perceptive @minjinlee.bsky.social and I in conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqL...
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If you haven’t already pre-ordered your copy of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, we’re working on copy edits and the table of contents ALONE will have you shooketh. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
May 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you haven’t already pre-ordered your copy of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, we’re working on copy edits and the table of contents ALONE will have you shooketh. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...