Episode 269 - Min Jin Lee Triple Header!
Episode 269 Show Notes
Instead of our regular segments, we are doing something different this episode, celebrating Min Jin Lee and her three novels:
Free Food for Millionaires
Pachinko
American Hagwon release date 9/29/2026
During the first part of the episode, Chris and Emily discuss American Hagwon. Then share the original Episode 41, which includes a live conversation with Min Jin Lee at RJ Julia Booksellers discussing Pachinko, the last part is the original Episode 89 which includes the readalong discussion of Free Food for Millionaires and an Author Spotlight with Min Jin Lee.
Breaking news: Min has announced that she is writing a quartet of the Korean diaspora. The forthcoming novel is titled Marshall Plan.
– Also Mentioned –
Savoy Bookstore is now Martin House Books
“What Writer’s Can Take Away From the Bible” in the Atlantic
“Such, Such Were The Joys” by George Orwell
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