Christine Hyung-Oak Lee is the author of a memoir, Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember, which was published by Ecco / Harper Collins, highlighted on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon, reviewed by the New York Times, and elsewhere. It was the first illness memoir written by a BIPOC writer published by a major publishing house in America. Their fiction and essays have appeared in the New York Times, BuzzFeed, ZYZZYVA, Guernica, Catapult, and other publications. Lee's work has been honored by Hedgebrook and VONA, where they are current faculty member and board member. They have taught at various writing workshops and MFA programs, where their mission is to change the landscape of literature. Lee holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. They are an Essays Editor at the Offing.
- BA UC Berkeley
- MFA Mills college
The MFA program offers a writer the chance to form a writing life, build a cohort, and establish a cadence and tone for one’s writing discipline and community. It is my responsibility as a professor to facilitate knowledge by creating a safe space in which students can share, question, and “fail safely” so that they feel supported throughout the learning journey and understand the value of perseverance, and ultimately thrive. My pedagogy is based on the foundation of building community and ensuring that students stay engaged through personalized learning, and most importantly, feeling seen.
Furthermore, I focus on craft over content; by doing so, MFA students find value in critique. One of my MFA students wrote, “Sometimes, a writer might feel like they’re not getting anything out of workshop when their work isn’t being discussed, but in your mini-craft talks around others’ writing, I found that I learned something I could bring to my work, too.”
- Memoir: Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember Ecco / Harper Collins
- Essays: Mint (The Rumpus)
- Stories: Bile (ZYZZYVA)
Currently…
VONA (Alum, Faculty, and Board of Directors)
The Offing (Essays Editor)