Check out Radical Ahjumma's most recent interview with Susan Choi at www.radicalahjumma.com (and sign up for our newsletter). She talked about what she learned at her job as a fact-checker at The New Yorker, the role of research in her work, and her latest novel, Flashlight.

Looking forward to this #AAPI month event @oaklibrary.bsky.social! Part book talk, part oral history workshop, I will discuss how to elicit stories from loved ones, like my grandmother. The interviews I conducted with her before she died form the heart of #StarryField. @melvillehouse.bsky.social

Oakland Public Library@oaklibrary.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In her memoir, Margaret Juhae Lee uncovers the lost history of her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha, who was a student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for his protesting Japanese imperialism. Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/4vQzjRD #AAPIHeritageMonth

On May 9 at Kepler's Books, I will be teaching a writing workshop with novelist Rosa Kwon Easton on how to tell family stories—as part of Bay Area Writes, an afternoon of workshops presented in collaboration with the Bay Area Book Festival. Register here: www.keplers.org/upcoming-eve...

The first newsletter from Radical Ahjumma: Feminist Writers from the Korean Diaspora is available, featuring an interview with Elaine Kim, the trailblazing scholar, community organizer and the godmother of Asian American Studies. Subscribe at www.radicalahjumma.com to get your copy. It's free!

Sunday! Looking forward to this Lit Quake-sponsored panel at Page Street in SF on the Art of Revision with an amazing slate of writers in a variety of genres. I will share revision tips from my 25-year #StarryField journey. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-they-d...

Radical Ahjumma does Hawaii! @nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social Hannah Michell and I will be reading at da Shop books in Honolulu on Sunday, April 5 at 3 pm. We will also be at the AAAS conference and the University of Hawaii Manoa. Register for the bookstore event at: www.eventbrite.com/e/da-shop-au...

Revised Spring 2026 event schedule: Hawaii with my Radical Ahjumma crew at the AAAS conference, da Shop books and U of HI Manoa. Bay Area events: revision panel sponsored by @litquake.org, Kepler's workshop on family stories & AAPI month talk at my hometown library. @melvillehouse.bsky.social

Writer friends! I will be at AWP in Baltimore with these amazing folks—@abelletm.bsky.social, Rosa Kwon Easton, @aaronaceves.bsky.social and Gloria Munoz)—talking about our debut book experiences. Looking forward to catching up old friends and making new ones. DM if you want to have coffee!

Bay Area folks! Radical Ahjumma (www.radicalahjumma.com) is hosting a special tour of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha retrospective @bampfa.bsky.social on Feb. 28. Exhibition curator Victoria Song will be our guide! Sign up is below. $9/person. Come join us! partiful.com/e/hYPDXjFxgD...

RSVP to DICTEE 서포트그룹 / Support Group | Partiful

Join Radical Ahjumma, a feminist collective of writers from the Korean diaspora, for this exclusive tour of the “Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings” exhibit led by BAMPFA Senior Curator Victori...

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For those of you who want to help our neighbors in the Twin Cities, a friend on the front lines recommended donating to these two organizations: Monarca Rapid Response Line (monarcamn.org) Immigrant Defense Network (immigrantdefensenetwork.org) Photo: vigil for Alex Pretti, Brandon Bell/GINA

I wanted to share my 2026 event schedule with events at Womb House Books, AWP, AAAS Conference, UH Manoa Creative Writing Department and Oakland Public Library. For more info, check out my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events @melvillehouse.bsky.social

Thanks to the Asian American Literature: Discourses and Pedagogies journal for this incredibly insightful review of #StarryField by Brook McClurg. "Book Review: Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae " by Brook McClurg scholarworks.sjsu.edu/aaldp/vol13/...

Thanks @saribotton.bsky.social for featuring my Memoir Land questionnaire in this roundup. I love everything you do and wish we lived closer to each other so we could hang out. @melvillehouse.bsky.social The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review... open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review...

A look at a handful of interviews from earlier in the series.

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Come join me and agent sib @melodyglenn.bsky.social at the Commonwealth Club in SF on Nov. 20, to talk about Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern Day Crisis Mother of Methadone and Fighting Against Today’s Addiction Crisis www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...

Mother of Methadone and Fighting Against Today’s Addiction Crisis

Dr. Melody Glenn was a burned-out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid-dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realize...

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Thanks to Molly Tompkins for her thoughtful questions in the latest issue of @assayjournal.bsky.social. I met Molly last year while on the #StarryField tour at my alma mater UT-Austin. So honored to meet the next gen of Plan II students. Hook'em. @melvillehouse.bsky.social

Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies@assayjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The conversations of Assay Issue 12.1! 🗣️Desirae Matherly ✏️In Defense of Navel Gazing 🗣️Kathryn Nuernberger ✏️Research as Ritual 🗣️Molly Tompkins ✏️Interview with Margaret Juhae Lee Read them here: buff.ly/Sv9yxzt #AssayJournal #Conversations #Interviews #Nonfiction #NewIssue #MagazineLaunch

The #StarryField audiobook is out on Oct. 7! While initially disappointed that I wasn't allowed to narrate, I am super happy with Michelle H. Lee's narration. She was conscientious and conferred with me. Her Korean is also a million times better than mine. rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

RBmedia | Starry Field

Listen to the audiobook Starry Field, written by Margaret Juhae Lee, narrated by Michelle H. Lee.

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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

Can't wait to head to the PNW next month to @cmwritershouse.bsky.social. Thank you Portland Community College for sponsoring this amazing writing residency. Portland-area friends, I'll be there for most of October so let's hang! 2025-26 Carolyn Moore Writing Residents www.pcc.edu/harts/2025/0...

2025-26 Carolyn Moore Writing Residents | HARTS (Humanities and Arts) Initiative at PCC

The Carolyn Moore Writing Residency consists of two-to-eight-week terms at the Carolyn Moore Writers House in Tigard, Oregon, offering established and emerging writers concentrated time to focus on de...

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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

I'm teaching a class at Corporeal Writing on Eliciting Stores: How to talk to your loved ones about the past. Come join me and learn how I convinced my grandmother to talk about the husband she chose to forget. Register below. www.corporealwriting.com/current-offe...

Eliciting stories—how to talk to your loved ones about the past w/ Margaret Juhae Lee — August 17th — Corporeal Writing™ - Writing Workshops

Eliciting stories—how to talk to your loved ones about the past w/ Margaret Juhae Lee Sunday August 17th, 2025 11AM—1PM Pacific over Zoom (A recording will be made available to all registrants for ...

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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

Here's some summer book recs from Bay Area authors, including me! @melvillehouse.bsky.social The best books to read this summer, according to bestselling Bay Area authors sfstandard.com/2025/05/11/b...

The best books to read this summer, according to bestselling Bay Area authors - The San Francisco Standard

Eight of our favorite San Francisco authors recommend their favorite summer beach reads.

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I never thought I’d be a member of the Korean literary mafia! Milestone moment. Thanks @sungjuahn.bsky.social

Sung Ju Ahn 안성주@sungjuahn.bsky.social · last yr.

This weekend I'm immersed in the amazing books of the Korean literary mafia: @alexanderchee.bsky.social's How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social's The Apology, and @mjuhae.bsky.social's Starry Field.

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

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

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...

Chuffed that a year after publication, #StarryField is still getting press coverage, this time in the Korean Quarterly. Check out the review here: www.koreanquarterly.org/books/a-gran... @melvillehouse.bsky.social

A granddaughter's quest - Korean Quarterly

"Starry Field: A Memoir of a Lost History" ~ By Margaret Juhae Lee

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