Thanks for including #starryfield in this amazing list of coming-of-age stories set in Korea! @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Stories that capture the lives and minds of young characters who live in, leave, or return to Korea electricliterature.com/11-powerful-coming-of-age-stories-set-in-korea
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December 14, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Thanks for including #starryfield in this amazing list of coming-of-age stories set in Korea! @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Harvest
#VanGoghInspired #StarryField #SurrealHarvest #FarmingArt #PostImpressionistVibes #DreamlikeLandscapes #PainterlyAesthetics #TractorLife #ModernVanGogh #GoldenHarvest
#VanGoghInspired #StarryField #SurrealHarvest #FarmingArt #PostImpressionistVibes #DreamlikeLandscapes #PainterlyAesthetics #TractorLife #ModernVanGogh #GoldenHarvest
February 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Thanks Amy for reading. I hope #StarryField gave you some context to the events of the last day in Korea
Just finished @mjuhae.bsky.social ‘s brilliant memoir about her grandfather Lee Chul Ha who was imprisoned in 1929 for protesting Japan’s colonization of Korea; decades later, he was posthumously recognized as a patriot of S. Korea. Surreal to now see the headlines out of S. Korea over the last 24h…
December 4, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Thanks Amy for reading. I hope #StarryField gave you some context to the events of the last day in Korea
Thanks @wirobooks.bsky.social for including #StarryField in your "51 Favorite Books of 2024" and to @alicestephens.bsky.social for her wonderful review earlier this year.
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November 25, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Thanks @wirobooks.bsky.social for including #StarryField in your "51 Favorite Books of 2024" and to @alicestephens.bsky.social for her wonderful review earlier this year.
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
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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
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
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#AAPIHeritageMonth
Meet the Author: Margaret Juhae Lee - Starry Field
Margaret Juhae Lee is the author of Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History. In it, through a combination of investigative journalism, oral history, and archival research Lee uncovers the lost history ...
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April 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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
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
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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
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
August 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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
Can't wait to speak at the Redwood City Public Library on Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30 pm in honor of Women's History Month. Even though I began #StarryField to look for information about my grandfather, my grandmother's testimony is what anchors my book. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Can't wait to speak at the Redwood City Public Library on Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30 pm in honor of Women's History Month. Even though I began #StarryField to look for information about my grandfather, my grandmother's testimony is what anchors my book. @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/...
"Book Review: Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae " by Brook McClurg scholarworks.sjsu.edu/aaldp/vol13/...
Book Review: Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae Lee
By Brook McClurg, Published on 10/08/25
scholarworks.sjsu.edu
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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/...
"Book Review: Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae " by Brook McClurg scholarworks.sjsu.edu/aaldp/vol13/...
The #StarryField college tour continues! Can't wait to speak at UC Santa Barbara's Multicultural Center on Feb. 26 at 2 pm. Thanks to the East Asia Center, Dept of Asian American Studies, Literature and Mind & the Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies for sponsoring me.
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The #StarryField college tour continues! Can't wait to speak at UC Santa Barbara's Multicultural Center on Feb. 26 at 2 pm. Thanks to the East Asia Center, Dept of Asian American Studies, Literature and Mind & the Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies for sponsoring me.
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
April 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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
April 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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
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
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:
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#AssayJournal #Conversations #Interviews #Nonfiction #NewIssue #MagazineLaunch
🗣️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
October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
#AWP205 people- Join Shastri Akella, Gina Apostol, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker and me on March 29 in LA, where we will talk about how to survive the process when a book takes forever. #StarryField 's journey to publication took over 25 years so I have a lot to say. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#AWP205 people- Join Shastri Akella, Gina Apostol, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker and me on March 29 in LA, where we will talk about how to survive the process when a book takes forever. #StarryField 's journey to publication took over 25 years so I have a lot to say. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
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...
April 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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...
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...
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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September 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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...
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
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
May 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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
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
www.koreanquarterly.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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
SF people! This Friday I will be reading from #StarryField at the @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social offices with fellow members Leslie Kirk Campbell, Paul S. Flores and Brad Balukjian. Thanks to Michelle Wallace for organizing. Come join us! There will be refreshments and good cheer. Open to all.
January 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
SF people! This Friday I will be reading from #StarryField at the @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social offices with fellow members Leslie Kirk Campbell, Paul S. Flores and Brad Balukjian. Thanks to Michelle Wallace for organizing. Come join us! There will be refreshments and good cheer. Open to all.
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...
April 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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...
2025 is here and so are a new batch of #StarryField events. This year I'm focusing on talks at universities and libraries, as well as my first event of the year tonight @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social, where I am a member.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
January 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
2025 is here and so are a new batch of #StarryField events. This year I'm focusing on talks at universities and libraries, as well as my first event of the year tonight @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social, where I am a member.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
For more info, please check my website at www.margaretjuhaelee.com/events.
The sky spins with a quiet fire, and the earth answers in bloom.
Where stars spiral like thoughts, flowers remember the light.
Send this to your past self.
nightbloom #starryfield #dreamyart #celestialvibes #wildflowers #moonlitsea #van-goghinspired #wallpaper #dejavuwallpaper #artisticnight
Where stars spiral like thoughts, flowers remember the light.
Send this to your past self.
nightbloom #starryfield #dreamyart #celestialvibes #wildflowers #moonlitsea #van-goghinspired #wallpaper #dejavuwallpaper #artisticnight
September 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The sky spins with a quiet fire, and the earth answers in bloom.
Where stars spiral like thoughts, flowers remember the light.
Send this to your past self.
nightbloom #starryfield #dreamyart #celestialvibes #wildflowers #moonlitsea #van-goghinspired #wallpaper #dejavuwallpaper #artisticnight
Where stars spiral like thoughts, flowers remember the light.
Send this to your past self.
nightbloom #starryfield #dreamyart #celestialvibes #wildflowers #moonlitsea #van-goghinspired #wallpaper #dejavuwallpaper #artisticnight
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...
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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...