Margaret Juhae Lee
@mjuhae.bsky.social
Author of STARRY FIELD: A Memoir of Lost History (Melville House). Journalist, public speaker, waning soccer mom, enthusiastic dog owner, my own social media manager, Writers Grotto member. www.margaretjuhaelee.com
Thanks to PSU & PCC for sponsoring this reading with my @cmwritershouse.bsky.social roomie @geekgirlgrownup.bsky.social and my @babedylan.bsky.social agent sib @rossshowalter.com! Come see all of us at PSU on October 20 at 6 pm as the #StarryField tour continues. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thanks to PSU & PCC for sponsoring this reading with my @cmwritershouse.bsky.social roomie @geekgirlgrownup.bsky.social and my @babedylan.bsky.social agent sib @rossshowalter.com! Come see all of us at PSU on October 20 at 6 pm as the #StarryField tour continues. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Portland area folks! I'll be at the Ledding Library in Milwaukie for their Fall Author Series on Wed, October 15, at 6 pm. Would love to see you there. Looking forward to spending some time in the PNW. Who knows, maybe some essential characters in the book might show up! @melvillehouse.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Portland area folks! I'll be at the Ledding Library in Milwaukie for their Fall Author Series on Wed, October 15, at 6 pm. Would love to see you there. Looking forward to spending some time in the PNW. Who knows, maybe some essential characters in the book might show up! @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Thanks @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social for awarding #StarryField the Nonfiction Discovery Prize for your 2024 awards for books published by Texas authors. You know the saying, you can take the girl out of Texas, but you can't take the Texas out of the girl. Hook'em. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Thanks @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social for awarding #StarryField the Nonfiction Discovery Prize for your 2024 awards for books published by Texas authors. You know the saying, you can take the girl out of Texas, but you can't take the Texas out of the girl. Hook'em. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Thanks Writer'd Digest for including my quote in this writing advice article. The best part of being a writer is the friends you make along the way. I couldn't have made it through the #StarryField publishing process without all of you. @melvillehouse.bsky.social @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thanks Writer'd Digest for including my quote in this writing advice article. The best part of being a writer is the friends you make along the way. I couldn't have made it through the #StarryField publishing process without all of you. @melvillehouse.bsky.social @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social
Excited to be speaking @ucdavis.bsky.social on Thursday, May 1 at 2 pm about #StarryField. Thanks to the East Asian Studies department for inviting me to speak to his students and the wider student body (the public is invited as well). For more info see: eastasian.ucdavis.edu/events/starr...
April 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Excited to be speaking @ucdavis.bsky.social on Thursday, May 1 at 2 pm about #StarryField. Thanks to the East Asian Studies department for inviting me to speak to his students and the wider student body (the public is invited as well). For more info see: eastasian.ucdavis.edu/events/starr...
Thanks to the APIDA Center @sandiegostate.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about #StarryField on April 24. I'll also be leading a workshop on how to talk to family members about the past. @melvillehouse.bsky.social @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thanks to the APIDA Center @sandiegostate.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about #StarryField on April 24. I'll also be leading a workshop on how to talk to family members about the past. @melvillehouse.bsky.social @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social
Come see me and fellow @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social member @doughenderson.bsky.social at the SF Public Library's main branch on Saturday, April 12 at 2 pm. So excited to be reunited with Doug, who read early drafts of #StarryField way back when. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Come see me and fellow @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social member @doughenderson.bsky.social at the SF Public Library's main branch on Saturday, April 12 at 2 pm. So excited to be reunited with Doug, who read early drafts of #StarryField way back when. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Can't wait to be in conversation with soul sister and fellow Depressing Memoir support group member @awarazara.bsky.social on Thursday, April 10, at Womb House Books in Oakland. Come join the love fest. @crownpublishing.bsky.social @melvillehouse.bsky.social @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Can't wait to be in conversation with soul sister and fellow Depressing Memoir support group member @awarazara.bsky.social on Thursday, April 10, at Womb House Books in Oakland. Come join the love fest. @crownpublishing.bsky.social @melvillehouse.bsky.social @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social
Thanks @largeheartedboy.bsky.social for including StarryField on your faves of 2024 list! Making this playlist was one of the highlights of my book promo experience. It brought me back to my college radio DJ roots. @melvillehouse.bsky.social Link here: largeheartedboy.com/2025/03/16/l...
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thanks @largeheartedboy.bsky.social for including StarryField on your faves of 2024 list! Making this playlist was one of the highlights of my book promo experience. It brought me back to my college radio DJ roots. @melvillehouse.bsky.social Link here: largeheartedboy.com/2025/03/16/l...
#AWP205 people- Join Shastri Akella, Gina Apostol, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker and me on March 29 in LA, where we will talk about how to survive the process when a book takes forever. #StarryField 's journey to publication took over 25 years so I have a lot to say. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#AWP205 people- Join Shastri Akella, Gina Apostol, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker and me on March 29 in LA, where we will talk about how to survive the process when a book takes forever. #StarryField 's journey to publication took over 25 years so I have a lot to say. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Can't wait to speak at the Redwood City Public Library on Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30 pm in honor of Women's History Month. Even though I began #StarryField to look for information about my grandfather, my grandmother's testimony is what anchors my book. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Can't wait to speak at the Redwood City Public Library on Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30 pm in honor of Women's History Month. Even though I began #StarryField to look for information about my grandfather, my grandmother's testimony is what anchors my book. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Loved speaking with Anne and Sherry for the Perfectly Imperfect Journey podcast (link below) about what it truly means to come home—to a place, to a history, and to oneself. I'm not much of a podcast person but I've loved all of the episodes on this one!
Link: perfectlyimperfectjourney.podbean.com
Link: perfectlyimperfectjourney.podbean.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Loved speaking with Anne and Sherry for the Perfectly Imperfect Journey podcast (link below) about what it truly means to come home—to a place, to a history, and to oneself. I'm not much of a podcast person but I've loved all of the episodes on this one!
Link: perfectlyimperfectjourney.podbean.com
Link: perfectlyimperfectjourney.podbean.com
The #StarryField college tour continues! Can't wait to speak at UC Santa Barbara's Multicultural Center on Feb. 26 at 2 pm. Thanks to the East Asia Center, Dept of Asian American Studies, Literature and Mind & the Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies for sponsoring me.
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The #StarryField college tour continues! Can't wait to speak at UC Santa Barbara's Multicultural Center on Feb. 26 at 2 pm. Thanks to the East Asia Center, Dept of Asian American Studies, Literature and Mind & the Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies for sponsoring me.
Can't wait to speak at my alma mater on 2/13 in a full-circle moment. I don't think I would have become a writer if I hadn't been exposed to the liberal arts in the Plan II program. I'll be in convo with my agent sib/fellow memoirist @madelinevosch.bsky.social. Come join us if you are in Austin!
January 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Can't wait to speak at my alma mater on 2/13 in a full-circle moment. I don't think I would have become a writer if I hadn't been exposed to the liberal arts in the Plan II program. I'll be in convo with my agent sib/fellow memoirist @madelinevosch.bsky.social. Come join us if you are in Austin!
2025 is here and so are a new batch of #StarryField events. This year I'm focusing on talks at universities and libraries, as well as my first event of the year tonight @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social, where I am a member.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
January 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
2025 is here and so are a new batch of #StarryField events. This year I'm focusing on talks at universities and libraries, as well as my first event of the year tonight @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social, where I am a member.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
SF people! This Friday I will be reading from #StarryField at the @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social offices with fellow members Leslie Kirk Campbell, Paul S. Flores and Brad Balukjian. Thanks to Michelle Wallace for organizing. Come join us! There will be refreshments and good cheer. Open to all.
January 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
SF people! This Friday I will be reading from #StarryField at the @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social offices with fellow members Leslie Kirk Campbell, Paul S. Flores and Brad Balukjian. Thanks to Michelle Wallace for organizing. Come join us! There will be refreshments and good cheer. Open to all.
So honored to be awarded an artist residency at Ragdale in Summer 2025! Chicago-area friends, I'd love to see you while I'm there.
November 21, 2024 at 9:01 PM
So honored to be awarded an artist residency at Ragdale in Summer 2025! Chicago-area friends, I'd love to see you while I'm there.
I had the best time in Austin at the Texas Book Festival with thousands, yes thousands of enthusiastic book lovers, some who drove from surrounding states to attend. Here I am with my new soul sisters—panelist Monica Jimenez and moderator Loures Rodriguez in the Texas Capitol, giving Sotomayor vibes
November 20, 2024 at 1:52 PM
I had the best time in Austin at the Texas Book Festival with thousands, yes thousands of enthusiastic book lovers, some who drove from surrounding states to attend. Here I am with my new soul sisters—panelist Monica Jimenez and moderator Loures Rodriguez in the Texas Capitol, giving Sotomayor vibes
The first leg of my book tour for Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History is set! Thanks so City Lights in San Francisco, Great Good Place for Books in Oakland and Point Reyes Bookstore in Pt. Reyes for hosting! Support independent bookstores. #writingcommunity
February 4, 2024 at 9:19 PM
The first leg of my book tour for Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History is set! Thanks so City Lights in San Francisco, Great Good Place for Books in Oakland and Point Reyes Bookstore in Pt. Reyes for hosting! Support independent bookstores. #writingcommunity
One day late solstice photo, Oakland, CA. I slept so well last night.
December 22, 2023 at 6:46 PM
One day late solstice photo, Oakland, CA. I slept so well last night.
So happy to share my new author website with all the photos from Starry Field plus more family pics. Check it out at www.margaretjuhaelee.com.
December 21, 2023 at 5:22 AM
So happy to share my new author website with all the photos from Starry Field plus more family pics. Check it out at www.margaretjuhaelee.com.
Brownie worried that he finally killed sharkie
November 21, 2023 at 11:23 PM
Brownie worried that he finally killed sharkie
Family portrait. Absolutely uncanny
November 11, 2023 at 2:30 AM
Family portrait. Absolutely uncanny
Absolutely thrilled to reveal the cover of STARRY FIELD: A MEMOIR OF LOST HISTORY (Melville House, 3/5/24).
"Starry Field" is the alias my Korean grandfather (whose prison photo is on the cover) used to protest Japanese rule. Preorders available here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741044...
"Starry Field" is the alias my Korean grandfather (whose prison photo is on the cover) used to protest Japanese rule. Preorders available here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741044...
November 10, 2023 at 1:49 AM
Absolutely thrilled to reveal the cover of STARRY FIELD: A MEMOIR OF LOST HISTORY (Melville House, 3/5/24).
"Starry Field" is the alias my Korean grandfather (whose prison photo is on the cover) used to protest Japanese rule. Preorders available here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741044...
"Starry Field" is the alias my Korean grandfather (whose prison photo is on the cover) used to protest Japanese rule. Preorders available here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741044...
I still don't quite know how to use this app, but here's my final page proofs of Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History (Melville House, 3/5/24).I will will try and document the crazy process of book publishing for those who are interested.
November 2, 2023 at 5:58 PM
I still don't quite know how to use this app, but here's my final page proofs of Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History (Melville House, 3/5/24).I will will try and document the crazy process of book publishing for those who are interested.