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Starry Field named a best book of 2024 by the San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Independent Review of Books and Largehearted Boy

“In this immersive, erudite memoir, Margaret Juhae Lee unspools her long-buried family history; centrally, her grandfather’s imprisonment in Japanese-occupied Korea.”

– Vanity Fair

"Her poignant memoir describes their shared journey of knowledge and healing.”

– New York Times Book Review

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Memoir Starry Field tells an uncovered history in colonial Korea- Here & Now, NPR, plus book excerpt

Starry Field Review - Kirkus Reviews

75 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2024- Electric Literature

UT alumna shares story behind new investigative memoir- The Daily Texan

12 New Books for March- Alta Journal

Montclair author Lee on March 15 to discuss new memoir, Starry Field- East Bay Times

13 Books to Read This Month- Vanity Fair

Bay Area books: 22 new works to energize your spring reading- San Francisco Chronicle

Margaret Juhae Lee: This Book Is For the Next Generation- Writer’s Digest

Margaret Juhae Lee’s playlist for her memoir Starry Field- Large-hearted Boy

Starry Field Review- Book Reporter

How My Writing Changed from Journalist to Memoirist- Writer’s Digest

9 Spring Books by Bay Area Authors- 7x7

UT alum’s new memoir—a gift to her children, unique search for self-discovery, Starry Field Review- The Daily Texan

Newly Published: Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History- The New York Times Book Review

Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors – March 2024- Local News Matters Bay Area

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #4: Margaret Juhae Lee- Memoir Land

Margaret Juhae Lee will discuss new memoir at Third Place Books on April 17- Starry Field review, International Examiner

Starry Field tackles family secrets and identity in Houston- Houstonia Magazine

Starry Field review- Washington Independent Review of Books

Q&A: A Longhorn Uncovers Family History across Continents and Generations- Alcalde: The Official Publication of the Texas Exes

What My Father Left Me: An Excerpt from Margaret Juhae Lee’s Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History- Oldster Magazine

Intergenerational Epiphany: A Conversation with Margaret Juhae Lee- The Rumpus

Review: Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae Lee- Hippocampus Magazine

Interview with Margaret Juhae Lee- No Tokens Journal

UT alumni Margaret Juhae Lee unveils a memoir of resilience and lost family history- CBS Austin

Straight Outta Houston: Margaret Juhae Lee and Hyeseung Song- Hawai’i Review of Books

Where Are You From, Really, Excerpt from Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History- Hawai’i Review of Books

How to Write into Healing, with Margaret Juhae Lee- Qwerty: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life with Marion Roach Smith

How Secrets Fuel Memoir Writing, with Margaret Juhae Lee- Write-Minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers podcast with Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

Margaret Juhae Lee memoir a family search into her grandfather’s revolutionary life- New Arrivals: a pocket-sized book tour, KALW (NPR) podcast

Q&A with Margaret Juhae Lee- Book Notions

Authors in the Media: Margaret Juhae Lee- Book Notions

Writing about Intergenerational Trauma- Writing Your Resilience Podcast with Lisa Cooper Ellison

Uncovering a Lost Family History- Let’s Talk Memoir podcast with Ronit Plank

On interviewing: 5 questions for Margaret Juhae Lee- Writer’s League of Texas

Putting Yourself in the Story with Margaret Juhae Lee- Grottopod podcast by the Writer’s Grotto, San Francisco

Margaret Juhae Lee- Woman. Warrior. Writer Substack newsletter

Our 51 Favorite Books of 2024- Washington Independent Review of Books

11 Powerful Coming-of-Age Stories Set in Korea- Electric Literature

Best of 2024: Don’t miss out on reading these standout books- Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle

Taking on Book Riot’s 2025 Read Harder Challenge? Here are suggestions for each category- New York Public Library