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With echoes of Marieke Nijkamp and Jason Reynolds, acclaimed author Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s stunning YA homage to Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells the tragic story of a Korean American teen who fights to protect herself and her neurodivergent older brother from a hostile community.

2023

Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Marie Myung-Ok Lee

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Human Parts

I Used to Let My Son Hit Me in the Face, Until I Didn’t

Parenting is a constant work in progress

9 min readJan 25, 2021

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Shadows on pavement cast by a child and an adult holding hands as they walk.

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What the earthquake in NYC was like

Yeah, so there’s a lot of building in NYC. TALL buildings. Buildings fall down or pieces fall off of them with some regularity. In fact, a…

2 min readApr 7, 2024

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What the earthquake in NYC was like

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The Unexpected Autistic Life

Dog Day Afternoon: My autistic son, the unleashed dogs of Manhattan, and me

My young adult son Jason and I are crossing Riverside Drive to get to the park on the other side.

6 min readMar 9, 2024

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Dog Day Afternoon: My autistic son, the unleashed dogs of Manhattan, and me

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A new Medium publication to write for if you like books!

Check out Asian American Book Club, a new digital magazine focusing on Asian American women’s literature.

1 min readMar 2, 2024

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A new Medium publication to write for if you like books!

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Asian American Book Club

Why this year-old piece, “Yes, New York City Really is Apocalyptic right now,” can inspire…

This piece came out a year ago. Hello? Anyone remember this climate EMERGENCY? When the sky turned BRIGHT ORANGE?

3 min readJun 8, 2023

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Why this year-old piece, “Yes, New York City Really is Apocalyptic right now,” can inspire…

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An Injustice!

Killing “Just to be Safe”

Jordan Neely’s subway murder was stand your ground but without guns

5 min readJun 4, 2023

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nyc subway doors

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We Can’t Ban Guns

Despite it being a leading cause of death for children.

2 min readJun 3, 2023

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We Can’t Ban Guns

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ZORA

Rules For Safety For Non-White Women: Getting Into A Strange Man’s Car May Save Your Life

The cognitive burden for BIPOC spans from microaggressions to getting shot for ringing a doorbell.

5 min readApr 26, 2023

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Rules For Safety For Non-White Women: Getting Into A Strange Man’s Car May Save Your Life

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Octavia Butler used manifestation techniques like vision boards AND SO CAN YOU (her unlikely career…

Last night was the last moon of winter/first moon of spring that has special significance for shamans and others. This “worm moon” is…

3 min readMar 8, 2023

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Octavia Butler used manifestation techniques like vision boards AND SO CAN YOU (her unlikely career…

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Writer life crowd dynamics

One of the biggest writer conferences, AWP is coming up this week. I can’t make it this year (it started out as an academic conference but…

3 min readMar 6, 2023

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Writer life crowd dynamics

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marie myung-ok lee

marie myung-ok lee

1.93K Followers

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Columbia Writer-in-Residence. The Evening Hero (Simon & Schuster). Slate, Salon, NY Times, The Atlantic. Forthcoming novel about gun violence: HURT YOU (May)

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