Min Jin Lee

November 17, 2011

Conversation with Professor Shinhee Han of Columbia University, Center for Race and Ethnicity, and Min Jin Lee, author of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES.

November 09, 2011

Conversation with Professor Min H. Song, Director of Asian American Studies Program at Boston College and Min Jin Lee, author of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES

October 29, 2011

Powerhouse Arena 37 Main Street, Brooklyn
time: 5:00 pm

Conversation with Junot Diaz and Min Jin Lee

$5 per event/$20 all-day pass/ $30 all-day pass (with afterword party)
www.aaww.org
(please check specific times)

October 13, 2011

NYU Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University

Interview with David Henry Hwang about his highly anticipated new Broadway play CHINGLISH
Longacre Theater 220 W48th St.
Min Jin Lee to interview David Henry Hwang immediately following the performance.

Contact Ms. Alexandra Chang

June 15, 2011

Bryant Park Reading Room - 42nd St and 5th Ave New York, NY 10110 (212) 768-4242
time: 12:30 pm

Hear from the author who brought you FEAR OF FLYING, whose latest compilation of essays by contributors like Gail Collins, Liz Smith, and Min Jin Lee, tackle the ever so elusive question: What do women really want?  In the free, unfettered spirit of THE BITCH IN THE HOUSE, SUGAR IN MY BOWL explores the bedroom lives of women with daring, wit, intelligence, and candor.

The event is FREE and open to the public.  For updates and additional information, please visit the website at http://www.bryantpark.org. The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas.  Rain Venue: Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen 20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue). 

“Word for Word Author” is an outdoor reading series that features bestselling authors, celebrity writers, and expert-panelists sharing anecdotes, answering questions from the audience, and signing copies of their latest books.

May 20, 2010

WASEDA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, JAPAN

MAY 19, 2010, WEDNESDAY

Lecture, Min Jin Lee, author of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES and columnist of THE CHOSUN ILBO
Hosted by Professor Fukuko Kobayashi

2.45pm

May 11, 2010

SEOUL INTERNATIONAL WRITERS' CONFERENCE 2010

KOREAN LITERATURE TRANSLATION INSTITUTE: Seoul International Writers’ Conference
Wonderspace, House of Literature, Seoul, South Korea

Fiction Public Reading on Monday, May 10, 2010:
2.30pm
Kim Ae-ran
Hallgrimur Helgason
Park Hyoung-su
Junot Diaz
Jeong Chan
Leena Krohn

Fiction Public Reading on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
3.30pm
Bae Suah
Min Jin Lee
Pyun Hye-young
Andrey Kurkov

June 12, 2009

EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

The Korean Association for Feminist Studies in English Literature (KAFSEL) and The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas (MESEA)
International Conference: WOMEN, DISPLACEMENT AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
June 12-13, 2009

EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY, Seoul, South Korea
Ewha Campus Complex (ECC), Room B142

June 12, 2009, Friday
Special Colloquy: 1:00-2:30PM
“Women Writing in/of Displacement”
Chair: Julie Choi, (Ewha Womans University)
Professor, Department of English, Director of Ewha English Program Office and Editor-in-Chief, FEMINIST STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

Discussant: Me-K Ahn (Ewha Womans University)

Myung Mi Kim (Poet) (SUNY Buffalo): “Diaspora, Gender and the Translingual Condition”
Min Jin Lee (Novelist): “Reticence and Field Work: On Writing the Sexual Lives of Asian Women; or How I Learned to Tell the Truth Through Fiction”

May 28, 2009

U.S. Embassy—TOKYO AMERICAN CENTER

ASIAN AMERICAN AND ASIAN: Writing as Both or Either while Living in Japan

A Conversation with Min Jin Lee, Author of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES and Yuko Matsukawa, Professor of English at Seijo University.

Thursday, May 28, 2009
6.30PM-8PM

Tokyo American Center
8F, NOF Tameike Bldg.
1-1-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
Tel: 03-5545-7431

This event is open to the public, but please RSVP at:
TACProgram@state.gov (Please leave your name and contact phone number)
or
FAX your RSVP to 03-3224-7977

 

March 22, 2009

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Sunday, March 22nd
“Late Bloomer or Freedom From Failure”
Min Jin Lee, author of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES in conversation with writer Andrew Yang

2PM
M on the Bund
For Ticket Information: www.mypiao.com
For Information: www.m-restaurantgroup.com

March 14, 2009

MAN HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Saturday, 14 March at 12:30pm (at M)
M Literary Lunch: Free Food for Millionaires—Min Jin Lee exquisitely evokes what it’s like to be an immigrant, and more specifically the child of immigrants. As much as Free Food for Millionaires is an immigrant story, it’s also a story full of class struggle, rugged individualism, social status, and above all, the money haves and have-nots. And, it is an epic meditation on love littered with betrayals, illicit sex, numerous levels of unfaithfulness, surprise twists and unexpected turns of the heart. Enjoy M’s lovely lunch followed by Min Jin Lee in conversation with Dania Shawwa Abuali.

Saturday, 14 March at 3:30pm (at the Fringe Club)
Family Dysfunction—His father is a half-mad, violent Eastern European artist. His Chinese mother is subservient, and much-suffering; she buffers herself from the dysfunctional family by quoting Buddhist wisdom. In Thaddeus Rutkowski’s offbeat coming-of-age novel, a biracial narrator tells of growing up in rural America and later escaping to a new life in New York City. Min Jin Lee discusses the tenuous relationship between first generation immigrant parents and their hip young offspring. Her novel, Free Food for Millionaires centers on the tightly knit social world of Korean immigrants, whose children strive to blend into their American foreground without clashing with their distinctive background. Moderated by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

For tickets (starting Feb. 3)  www.festival.org.hk

February 11, 2009

AMERICAN SCHOOL IN JAPAN

FOR THE ASIJ COMMUNITY

November 06, 2008

HANDS ON TOKYO

A LUNCHEON TO BENEFIT HANDS ON TOKYO

Min Jin Lee, author of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES

TICKETED EVENT

12:00PM
Voie Lactee, Tomo Museum
10,000 Yen, Three-course luncheon
RSVP: marcela.campos@handsontokyo.org

October 22, 2008

World Women's Forum, Seoul, South Korea

October 22: 2PM-3.30PM

“Women’s Lives Mirrored in Literature”
Professor Julie Choi, Moderator
Authors: Fatima Bhutto, Espido Freire and Min Jin Lee

May 21, 2008

Tokyo, Japan

Book Club
PRIVATE EVENT

May 06, 2008

63rd Book & Author Dinner of the Junior League of Richmond

7PM Greater Richmond Convention Center
Dan Ariely, PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Rick Bragg, THE PRINCE OF FROGTOWN
Joanne Harris, THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW
Ellie Krieger, THE FOOD YOU CRAVE: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life
Min Jin Lee, FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES
Cokie Roberts, LADIES OF LIBERTY: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation

This is a TICKETED event.

May 04, 2008

Asian American Heritage Festival, New York City [CANCELED]

[THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED]
Book signing at the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Booth
12PM-6PM
Union Square Park

May 02, 2008

Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA

Reading & Q&A
7PM
9 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01705

May 01, 2008

HARVARD BOOK STORE, Boston, MA

Reading and Q&A
7PM

1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

April 30, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Naomi Epel Invites You to
An Asian Fusion Feast with
Author Min Jin Lee

April 30, 2008
6.30PM
PONZU RESTAURANT
415 775 7979
www.ponzurestaurant.com
401 Taylor Street
San Francisco
Cost:
$95 per person or $175 per couple
AIWF & Asia Society members receive a discounted rate of $90 per person or $170 per couple
(Includes tax, tip & autographed copy of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES)
For tickets:
call BOOK PASSAGE: 415-927-0960 x 1
or naomi@observationdeck.com

April 29, 2008

Books, Inc., Laurel Village, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Reading and Q&A
7PM

3515 California Street
Laurel Village, San Francisco

FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES is a BOOKS INC. FIRST FICTION BOOK CLUB selection.

April 28, 2008

Warwick's, La Jolla, CA

Reading and Q&A
7:30PM

7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
warwicksevents@yahoo.com

April 27, 2008

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

FIRST FICTION: STARTING OUT
Moderator: Bernadette Murphy
Panelists: Julie Buxbaum, Rebecca Johnson, Min Jin Lee and Mark Sarvas
10AM
UCLA, Westwood, CA
Young Hall CS 50
Book Signing to follow

April 25, 2008

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

A conversation with Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Professor English and Director of the Program in American Studies, Stanford University
and Min Jin Lee

STANFORD BOOKSTORE
5.15pm

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

April 24, 2008

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

A Conversation with Professor Dionne Bennett and Min Jin Lee
Department of African American Studies

“WOMEN OF COLOR: FAITH, FRIENDSHIP and CREATIVE EXPRESSION”
5:30PM

Loyola Marymount University
University Hall 1000

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

April 22, 2008

Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham

Reading and Q&A
6PM

ALABAMA BOOKSMITH
2626 19th Place
Homewood, AL 35209

April 21, 2008

Books & Books, Bal Harbour, Miami, FLA

Reading and Q&A
7.30PM
Bal Harbour Shops
9700 Collins Avenue
Bal Harbour, FLA 33154
305-864-4241

April 18, 2008

Olsson's, Washington, D.C.

A Conversation with Andrew Getman and Min Jin Lee
about FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES.
Reading and Q&A
Curated by Tony Ritchie
7PM

OLSSON’S BOOKS & RECORDS
1307 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

April 16, 2008

New Canaan Library, Connecticut

ELM STREET BOOKS at THE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY
151 Main Street
7.30PM

Please note that both the date and venue have been changed.

April 15, 2008

INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRANTS FOUNDATION

Immigrant Heritage Week 2008

April 15, Tuesday 4PM

“On Becoming a Novelist: Writing FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES”
The International Immigrants Foundation
The Immigrant’s Building
7 West 44th St. 2nd Floor

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For more information, please contact: Ms. Susana Galli
212-302-2222 ext. 708