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Aspen Words was founded in 1976 as a literary center based in Aspen, CO, as a program of the Aspen Institute, with a mission to encourage writers, inspire readers, and connect people through the power of stories. AW’s year-round programs include Summer Words, a writing conference; Winter Words, a speaker series presenting the best of contemporary literature; the Aspen Words Literary Prize, a $35,000 annual award for fiction with social impact; as well as a writers-in-the schools program and writing residencies. Learn more at aspenwords.org.

Aspen Words Author Talk: Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Aspen Public Radio

Published October 15, 2021 at 7:20 PM MDT

Aspen Words Author Talk: Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Throughout the summer and fall, working writers from around the country arrive in the Roaring Fork Valley for a special opportunity to nurture their creative spirit as participants in a program created by Aspen Words in partnership with the Catto Shaw Foundation.

Marie Myung-Ok Lee is a founder and former board president of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, she has been a judge for the National Book Awards, and teaches fiction at Columbia. Lee’s 1992 young adult novel, “Finding My Voice,” has now been reissued for the third time, and her newest novel, “The Evening Hero,” is forthcoming.

Enjoy this live conversation between the author and Mitzi Rapkin, host and producer of the literary podcast, First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing, recorded on September 14, 2021, on the lawn of the Red Brick Center for the Arts, as part of the 2021 Aspen Words Writers in Residence program, and sponsored by Aspen Public Radio.