Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s next novel, The Evening Hero, is forthcoming in 2020 with Simon & Schuster. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, The Paris Review, and others. Follow Marie on Twitter @MarieMyungOkLee. (Portrait by Kate Gavino.)
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Articles
Before “American Dirt,” There Was “The Korean Angela’s Ashes”
The “American Dirt” dustup recalls another publishing fiasco.
When Did Asian Food Become Dirty?
Marie Myung-Ok Lee discusses the opening of a white-run "clean" Chinese restaurant in Manhattan.
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