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Min Jin Lee
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New York State Author Laureate 2025-2027. Writer. New Yorker. Late Bloomer. www.minjinlee.com
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Nov 23
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What Min Jin Lee Wants Us to See
The author of “Pachinko” and “Free Food for Millionaires” discusses her research process, her memories of arriving in America, and why she reads the Bible before writing.
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · 10d
Oh my. Thank you so much.
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · 22d
I am so very sorry for your loss, Celeste.
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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · Oct 1
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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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Sep 29
The University of Chicago is now hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of fiction writing. apply.interfolio.com/174642
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Sep 3
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · Sep 2
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.”
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Sep 3
Thank you.
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Sep 3
Honored.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · Aug 22
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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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Aug 22
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Aug 16
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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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Aug 10
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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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · Jul 29
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
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Jul 9
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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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Jun 21
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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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Jun 21
Thank you.
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · Jun 19
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.
nyswi.bsky.social NYS Writers Institute @nyswi.bsky.social · Jun 18
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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The Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · Jun 6
“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.
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wnttowatchvid.bsky.social @wnttowatchvid.bsky.social · Jun 4
@minjinlee.bsky.social Even ChatGPT gets it
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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · May 25
“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.
Sometimes a Rose Is Just a Rose
A conversation about gardening, loss, and the end of metaphor
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · May 21
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...
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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · May 25
🤦🏻‍♂️ Wishing you a good weekend read, Ron. 🫶
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Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social · May 23
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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Aragi @aragiauthors.bsky.social · May 21
Min Jin Lee giving her speech as the 2025 distinguished alumn at the One Story Mag literary debutante ball! 💫

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Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social · May 20
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