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Meet Min Jin Lee

702WI: What book(s) changed your life?​
Min Jin Lee: Middlemarch by George Eliot and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

702WI: What book(s) are coming out this year that you’re looking forward to reading?  
MJL: Burning Girl by Claire Messud and Sid Sanford Lives! by Daniel Ford

702WI: What books are currently stacked next to your bed/on your desk/in your pile-to-read?
MJL: A Dream Between Two Rivers by K.L. Pereira and easily about twenty others.

702WI: What book did you most recently recommend to someone else?  
MJL: Chief Engineer by Erica Wagner

702WI: What was your favorite book when you were a child?
MJL: Betsy & Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace

702WI: Who are your favorite writers?
MJL: George Eliot, G. Flaubert, Edith Wharton, Erica Wagner, Charlotte Bronte, James Baldwin, Ann Patchett, Tolstoy, Meg Wolitzer, Toni Morrison, Junot Diaz, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, and Sinclair Lewis

702WI: Do you commonly use a word or phrase that is specific to a place you lived/from childhood/from family that you don’t hear often in day-to-day conversation? 
MJL: Gosaeng: it means suffering in Korean. You asked.
 
702WI: What book/s could you never part with? Think “stranded-on-a-desert-island” books. 
MJL: The Bible. Really.

702WI: Were you ever embarrassed about a book you loved? 
MJL: Nope.

702WI: What fictional character do you most identify with? Why?
MJL: None. I know. Weird.

702WI: Do you have a favorite musician or genre of music?
MJL: Not really. If I had to say, it might be Glenn Gould, classical (esp. piano) or Chet Baker or Helen Merrill (jazz). I like some hip hop, R&B, pop, gospel, and rock, too, though, but I am pretty ignorant about music.

702WI: Is there a creator who is doing something you find amazing?
MJL: God.

702WI: What do you wish you knew more about?
MJL: Genetics.

702WI: Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
MJL: Robin Williams.

702WI: Vinyl, cassette, CD or digital? Typewriter, notebook, tablet or computer? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or none of the above? Sweet or savory? 
MJL: Digital; computer; Insta; savory.
 
702WI: What is your most meaningful place?  
MJL: Queens, NY

702WI: What’s your favorite bookstore?  
MJL: In NYC, the Strand and the Corner Bookstore.

702WI: Can you share a favorite line from a creative work (book/play/film/song)? 
MJL: “Don’t mind if I fall apart, there’s more room in a broken heart.” (Carly Simon)

702WI: What do you enjoy most about doing a reading or talking about your book? 
MJL: I love Q&A.  I know. Weird.

702WI: What is something you know about or have heard about Madison or Wisconsin? 
MJL: I want to go to the Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co.
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​Read about Min's new book, Pachinko

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