And we’re lucky to be a part of it through her exceptional novels “American Hagwon,” “Pachinko,” and “Free Food for Millionaires”

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The author Min Jin Lee reads her short story from this week’s issue. Listen here.

For critically-acclaimed author Min Jin Lee, the in-depth research she did for her latest novel “American Hagwon” – out Sept. 29 – included extensive visits across three continents to ensure that her ...

Author Min Jin Lee's latest book explores the hagwon system of Korean education and the economic forces that shape narratives.

The author discusses her story “Testing.”

In less than twenty-four hours, he would take the Suneung again, and, for the past three years, he had done little but sleep, eat, and study for this exam.

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At last, the National Book Award finalist and NYT bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: Min Jin Lee has written a...

Lee, a celebrated novelist, essayist, editor and critic who earned her B.A. in history at Yale, returns to campus as the 2026 Class Day speaker.

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

Writer Ashley C Ford reflects on the enduring impact of Roxane Gay – both on culture and a personal level, as she reflects on their mentor-mentee relationship.