Kristin T. Lee
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WE MEND WITH GOLD: AN ASIAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL RECKONING will be out Spring 2026 with Broadleaf Books!
Bio
Iowa-raised, Boston-based
I am a writer, book lover, and storyteller.
My engine runs on stories. I want to have my heart changed by stories, I want to amplify profound stories, and I want to tell my own stories. I’ll be publishing my first book, WE MEND WITH GOLD: AN ASIAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL RECKONING, with Broadleaf Books in 2026.
My work has been featured in Sojourners and Christianity Today, and I serve as a columnist for The Covenant Companion and as a staff writer for Mochi Magazine.
My areas of interest are eclectic, but include Asian American life, nature, theology, immigrant/refugee narratives, parenthood, incarceration policy, science, global health, class inequality, and the cultural discourse on literature.
Most of all, I am inclined towards hope, joy, and justice in a world that conspires against these things. I’m always eager to find fellow travelers on this journey.
Writing
SOJOURNERS
Searching for a Faithful Response to My ‘Privileged Otherness’
Feb/Mar 2024
I need a theology that can contend with both racial hatred and racial capitalism
CHRISTIANITY TODAY
Adoption Was Beautiful, Precious, and God-Ordained. Then I Adopted.
January 18, 2024
Facile expectations hurt everyone in the process, including my new son
WBUR Cognoscenti
10 books that remind us there is no singular Asian American experience
May 3, 2024
Reads that will challenge and expand your conception of Asian America
Reclaim Magazine
Reclaim Magazine
How the Sudan Genocide Politicized a Nice Chinese Girl from Iowa
October 22, 2020
Activism is like prayer
MOCHI MAGAZINE
THE COVENANT COMPANION
Seven Books That Explore A Sense of Place
January 7, 2024
Ft. Paul Yoon’s THE HIVE AND THE HONEY and Ed. Park’s SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS
September 22, 2023
We live in a world of plenty; we also live in a world of profound inequality
Is It the Church’s Job to Teach History?
July 24, 2024
We need to understand history before we can grasp justice
CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
Book Lover
Bookstagrammer
I’m on Instagram @ktlee.writes for all things bookish, including:
Goodreads Spotlight
Book RIOT SPOTLIGHT
September 21, 2023
Featured in a Book Riot article on bookstagrammers to follow
BOOKSTR FEATURE
February 22, 2024
Bookstr featured my Instagram account as Bookstagrammer of the Week
Storytelling
THE MOTH
Featured on the Moth podcast April 23, 2023
This story went viral on TikTok, generating 2.8 million views - a record for the Moth’s TikTok page
Featured on the Moth podcast February 9, 2021