Min Jin Lee

PAPERBACK TOUR & VOGUE (April 2008)

The U.S. paperback of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES will be released on April 9th. It has a new cover designed by the talented art director Anne Twomey of Grand Central, and copies should be at bookstores near you presently. There’s a new essay in VOGUE this month (April 2008) titled “Weighing In” in its Up Front column. I’ll be in the States starting the 9th for the nationwide paperback tour. I hope you’ll swing by the events and say hello. I look forward to seeing you, and thank you for your kind support.
M.J.L.

Min-
it was amazing to see you in Vogue- I think about our bookclub and days before families and babies all the time, and the amazing view from your dining room in your apt in the 70’s.

Congratulations and maybe I will see you on your tour in NYC.

Gina

Dear Min,

Through googling, starting with The Korean War, I haphazardly came across your name and book tonight, April 11th, 2 days after the release of your book in paperback.  April 7th was my birthday so I decided to treat myself to a post-birthday gift by buying your book.  The synopsis resonated with me and I found it compelling your decision to use several voices as opposed to simple, 1st person writing.  I am a married Korean-American woman who lives and works in NYC and have recently started embracing my Korean side in a more dedicated manner.  I would be tickled to meet you on one of your tour stops in NYC!
Congratulations!
Warm regards,

Linda Kwon

I bought the book few days ago & I have to leave it at home to read it bits by bits because if I brought it with me everywhere I probably wouldn’t put it down & get work done.
Though Casey Han is fictional but they are million replicas of her surrounding us or just simple mirror image of ourself. Every page I turn I feel like I’m digging deeper & deeper with you as you were uncovering the multfaceted sides of being Asian-american female. (this is just my preliminary feelings from reading the first 50 pages.)This is not just another accomplish novel but a kind of stimulant that enriches & puts positive energy to life. I find the hyper-awareness in every characters towards the injustices & disadvantages in their lives portrayed so well, I refuse to finish your book with ease, because the authenicity and sensitivity in your writing is another new founded outlet that I want to cling on to for a while. I’m looking forward to your book signing in NYC on May 4th!

I’m half way through your book and can’t put it down!  I’m a black woman born and raised in Toronto, Canada to Jamaican parents.  I relate to Casey’s perspective on so many levels.  What a deeply insightful account of the first generation North American experience.  Moreover, the theme of Christianity throughout is so precisely depicted.  This Christianity adopted by “non-Europeans” has always struck me as far more severe and rigid--you seem to capture this in the Korean experience.  Then of course there’s the matter of dating within/without your race. 

You take on all these complexities and more with style and eloquence.  I don’t want to finish this book without assurance that there’s another coming soon.  Kudos!

What a pleasure it was attending your panel at the Festival of Books today.  The passage you read was so powerful.  Also, thank you for your kind words of advice with regard to my new anthology.  As a lawyer and writer, it’s always nice to discover others who have lived in both worlds.

Hi Min,

I was at your book reading @ Harvard tonight, glad I went!  I heard about your book through NPR and was excited to see literature that focused on Korean-American characters.  Despite my relatively traditional Korean upbringing by immigrant parents, I’ve had limited exposure to the general Korean community due to the fact that I didn’t attend the church or the language school past elementary school.  It was great to read something (even if it was fiction) that gave me some perspective on the lives and experiences of other Korean-Americans.  I’m interested to read about how the Korean subject is perceived in Japan, and look forward to your new book!

Hi, Min,

Could you post the tour dates? I live in Cincinnati and I’d love to come to a signing.