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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

my ARCs arrived!!📚 release for SOON YOU’LL BE JUST LIKE US is 5/4/27! reviewers/interviewers, dm if you’re interested in a copy!

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

SOON YOU’ll BE JUST LIKE US cover reveal! coming may 4th, 2027: a sci-fi thriller about a young korean american journalist who seeks status & security in a patriarchal, hierarchical society through beauty and medical experimentation—then learns she signed on for more than she or her body can handle

book cover of a beautiful asian woman’s face, digitally smeared on the left side, against a backdrop of soft cosmetic shades

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

open call for louisiana visual artists! details at: www.jotform.com/262085544026...

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

was AWP only a month ago? thanks to bloom lit for this report about our packed-to-capacity panel addressing debuts after 50! substack.com/@chinsunlee/...

photo of audience members raising their hands at a panel about debut authors over 50

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

i’m proud to be part of this scholarship committee helping louisiana undergrads—esp underprivileged, BIPOC, & LGBTQIA+ students—pursuing the arts. applications for the 2026-2027 academic year open april 1st. visit tinyurl.com/armaturescholarship to learn more, and please spread the word!

college scholarship flyer with 3 photos showing students in class, outside on campus steps, and standing next to a teacher.

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

IN ONE WEEK! i love teaching this 2-hour generative class: we’ll review excerpts of imagistic prose, then write from a slideshow of compelling images, finally sharing for feedback. join us!👇

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

back from #awp2026, where i was gagged to see SO MANY writers at our “debuting after 50” panel w/ melanie faranello, zeeva bukai & nita noveno, moderated by the 🔥 sara lippmann. huge thanks to all who showed up!🙏

5 women of different ethnicities and over 50 years old, standing in a conference room against a beige wall

a wide-angle shot of the audience, filling a large conference meeting room

a shot of the moderator and 4 panelists sitting at a long table at the front of a conference room, with shared microphones and beverages

a shot from the view of the panelists facing the audience, several with hands raised for questions

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

i’ll be at #AWP2026 on this panel with 4 other amazing women authors who debuted after 50: we continue to write & have stories to share @ the value—and strategies!—of being persistent. see you in baltimore!

flyer for AWP 2026 depicting 5 women authors on a panel about debuting after age 50, held at baltimore convention center room 321 on thurs 3/5 at 9am

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

so thrilled my new novel, SOON YOU’LL BE JUST LIKE US, has found a home with Creature Publishing!🩸i spilled my guts all over this weird, dark tale of psychological horror that while writing led me to truly unexpected places. i hope readers will likewise feel a delicious gasp of surprise.

red envelope against a black background announcing a new book deal for SOON YOU’LL BE JUST LIKE US by chin-sun lee

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

hey writers: i’m re-upping this course through writers.com after taking a season off…it’s always been popular so get your spot b4 it fills up. and if you enroll b4 sunday the 18th, you’ll get a discounted rate!

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

delighted to see UPCOUNTRY in this @electricliterature.com roundup of creepy ghoulish books by laura venita green, author of SISTER CREATURES—out now w/ @unnamedpress.bsky.social! link to article in comments

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

still a few more spots (and days) left—so come and get ‘em! i still think of fall as “back to school,” so if you’ve been itching to dedicate more focus on your writing, perhaps now is the time? (link for details/to register in bio)

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

WRITERS! i’m leading an 8-week intermediate-advanced fiction workshop next month—so if you have a novel, stories, or work of autofiction you’d like to propel or revise, ‘tis the season to get serious! 4 days left for early registration, see link in bio💫

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

i’ve taught this generative workshop in person & now i’m psyched to lead a virtual version this fall w/ @writingco-lab.bsky.social ! october 18th, 12-2pm ET, $65, enroll here: www.writingco-lab.com/classes/pros...

flyer announcing a craft seminar with an image of the instructor, chin-sun lee, an asian woman wearing a gray t-shirt

a brief summary of what the class will focus on

a positive student testimonial about the instructor

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

and if you’re in louisiana like me 📞

grid showing louisiana congressional GOP reps: steve scalise, clay higgins, mike johnson, julia letlow

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

if these are your reps, pls call and put pressure on them to vote against this terrible budget bill!👇 (“202) 225-3121

a grid showing all GOP congressional reps in districts at play in 2026

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

an illuminating day at the #deepsouthconvening conference. came away so proud to be a part of this region—don’t underestimate the talent & tenacity of southern writers! also great to reunite w @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social & finally meet @emmabolden.bsky.social—plus a 🌈🌈 driving back!

group selfie with a tall white smooth-headed male wearing a turquoise polo shirt and 3 dark-haired women (2 white and 1 asian) in a restaurant entrance.

a white male wearing a baseball cap and holding a “deep south convening” notebook sitting next to an asian female holding a pink “ecotone” booklet sitting at a long conference table with paper plates and bottled drinks and various people in the background.

an audience seated at a conference in a former chapel with stained glass windows applauding speakers beth ann fennelly, ralph eubanks, and maurice carlos ruffin.

the view from the passenger seat of a car showing the steering wheel and dashboard with GPS and a double rainbow through the window.

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

hey writers: i’m psyched to be a part of this online literary summer camp organized by @writingco-lab.bsky.social — just lookit the lineup! i’ll be part of a panel discussing how to maintain a lifelong writing practice on 7/23 from 8-9pm ET. link to register for this & other panels/classes in bio

flyer announcing a literary summer camp featuring multiple authors, with online panels and classes

flyer featuring an online course, MAINTAINING A LIFELONG WRITING PRACTICE (link to register in bio)

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

new orleans! next sat (4/19 at 4pm) i’ll be in conversation w/ author michele t. berger to discuss her speculative story collection, DOLL SEED—focusing on the role of writers, esp WOC, in challenging patriarchal narratives. link in bio for dtls & to register. hope to see you there!

promo flyer for literary event, FEMINIST FUTURISM vs. PROJECT 2025, at octavia books in new orleans on 4/19, featuring authors michele t. berger & chin-sun lee

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

a solid & peaceful crowd today in new orleans…had to update an old sign from 2018 & couldn’t help but shake my head that here we are again, only worse. let this be the start of a turning tide 🌊🤞

woman holding a sign with a picture of trump saying “keep your tiny mitts off my rights!”

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

re-upping this course thru writers.com — now extended to 6 weeks! we’ll discuss texts by joe brainerd, tobias wolff, elizabeth hardwick, rachel cusk, laurie stone, delmore schwartz, and lucia berlin, using them toward weekly writing prompts. link to register in bio.

Announcement of “From Memory,” a writing course for fiction & non-fiction writers, led by Chin-Sun Lee: 6 weeks (virtual) from Wednesday, April 30th/$445. Link to register in bio.

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

thanks @ttbrader.bsky.social for my copy of your beautiful book! it’s available to order: bellepointpress.com/products/sec...

image of book cover for “secret keepers” by teresa tumminello brader with a key and shiny purple bookmark.

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

excited to lead this craft session, PROSE FROM IMAGERY, this coming thursday 3/27 at 3pm—if you’re in nola, come see me & please spread the word! ✍️ #twfest25 #twfestnola #twfest

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

i wrote some thots @ sustaining sanity & creativity in these maddening times—read the link in bio & sign up for the newsletter, 100 days of creative resistance, to access the archives. thks @writingco-lab.bsky.social & @briangresko.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute!

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

NOLA writers! i’m leading a 9-wk/in-person fiction workshop starting 3/17, 6-8pm. open to all genres, emphasizing craft & character-driven prose. best for those w/ some workshop or writing experience, & stories or novel sections ready to submit. link in bio to register & for more info.

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

just got this in the mail: maggie su’s debut novel @ a woman who tries to turn a sentient blob into the perfect boyfriend (lol, some might relate) is getting all the raves, deservedly so—& lookit this cover!🔥

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

hey NYC! i’ll be back for a minute to read at yeah you write on 1/27, along with tyler wetherall & brahna yassky. new venue this month: in the city, at crave fishbar—would love to see you & hang out after! seats are limited…to reserve yours pls email: lisa@yeahyouwriteevents.com.

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

oldest selfie in my phone: summer 2007. i was about to start my MFA at @thenewschool & this ended up being my student ID

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

NEW YEAR, NEW WRITING: delve into disturbing, morally complex prose that isn’t gratuitous but rather, resonant & true to life. this generative workshop is for all levels of fiction & nonfiction. not one to toot my own horn but here are some testimonials from past students 😀 link to register in bio

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

here’s mine! such a gorgeous book🩵

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

let’s see you at 21. at a disco in seoul, where my parents sent me one summer to become “more korean.” dated that zip vest guy for a minute…my brother called him “kkangpae mike” (means gangster) 😭

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

meant to post a lil tribute to my book on its first 🎂 — but it was right after the election. still heartbroken but want to acknowledge all the good this book has brought me. THANK YOU to everyone who bought, reviewed, and otherwise supported UPCOUNTRY over the last year…I SO APPRECIATE YOU! 🙏🩵🙏🩵🙏🩵🙏🩵

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

if you’re near wesleyan university tomorrow night, i’ll be reading & in conversation with author douglas a. martin (branwell, outline of my lover) 6pm at russell house!

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

in my reading & writing, i lean towards work that is dark, disturbing, or morally complex; if that’s also you, let’s explore the craft of prose that is neither gratuitous nor melodramatic but rather, resonant & true to life: $375/ 5 sessions from 10/1-10/29👇 www.writingco-lab.com/classes/writ...

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

writers looking for generative classes & community this summer: check out this online summer camp organized by @WritingCoLab—$450 tuition for everything listed in the bottom half of this graphic (+ all sessions will be recorded)…more dtls/register here: writingco-lab.com/summercamp2024

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

super excited to read with these 🔥🔥🔥 authors! NY & baltimore friends, hope to see you!❤️

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

loved chatting w/ brianna avenia-tapper for writing stories, a new podcast focused on the nuts & bolts of writing/publishing. if you’re querying or on submission & feeling discouraged, oh do i feel you…have a listen! writingstories.buzzsprout.com/2276756/1467...

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

UPCOUNTRY is now available as an audiobook from dreamscape media! check out @librofm.bsky.social, audible, and wherever you 🎧

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

hey! if you’re a writer or know a writer who wants to talk @ writerly things, whether it’s @ craft or publishing, hop onto this #AMA zoom hosted by @thewritingcolab w/ me @amyshearn & @lilyjmeyer — free! but u must register (link in bio)

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

still time to sign up for this 4-wk generative workshop, where we’ll mine our memories & play w/ thought associations to write visceral engaging prose, looking to these authors for inspiration: joe brainerd, tobias wolff, elizabeth hardwick, rachel cusk & laurie stone $345 / link to register in bio

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

had a blast chatting with erin slaughter for #thelivesofwriters podcast about UPCOUNTRY, book tour, ghosts, class, cults & more!🎧👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

KANSAS CITY, i’m comin’ atcha! all events on fri 2/9…hope to see you there!!! #AWP2024 #debutauthor

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

do your tastes in reading & writing skew towards the dark, disturbing, or morally complex? if so, we are of like minds…let’s explore how to write about distress, fear & violence in a way that’s neither gratuitous or melodramatic but rather, resonant & true to life. link to register in bio & comments

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

super honored to be included in this list of “best debut books of 2023”—thanks, debutiful, for giving my novel so much support! 💗

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

psyched to be reading at franklin park with these *powerhouse women*!!! facebook.com/events/s/fra...

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

UPCOUNTRY is going on tour! if you’re in any of these cities, i’d love to see you! so psyched to be in conversation with these brilliant authors🥰

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

honored to be among poets & writers’ 5 over 50 this year, in company with these fine authors…i’m an oldie but goodie😀 (link to our essays in bio)

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

lReskeet with an album you still know every damn word to, fellow olds who still remember listening to albums.

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

honored to see my novel excerpt “renovation” in the new issue of the georgia review!—hot off the press!👇 thegeorgiareview.com/shop/issues/...

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Chin-Sun Lee @scribblepost.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

if you’re a fiction author with a debut coming out in 2024, apply to this! i was part of last year’s cohort and the marketing tips were so helpful. it’s free, no fee—so do it! www.pw.org/content/get_...

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