Kristin T. Lee

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

Dismantling Legacy

September 19, 2023

What we have multiplies when shared

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

What A Quarter Can Do

September 22, 2023

We live in a world of plenty; we also live in a world of profound inequality

Embracing Leisure

February 19, 2024

How did I get so good at killing off fun?

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

Sandwiched By Theology

February 6, 2024

On navigating my own faith while squeezed between generations

Book Lover

Bookstagrammer

I’m on Instagram @ktlee.writes for all things bookish, including:

Book reviews , highlighting the best diverse picks that you have and haven’t heard of
The #AsianClassicsReadAlong series, where I host group reads of classic Asian and Asian American literature
The #ReadAsianAuthors2024 and #20BooksbyAsianAuthors reading challenges, amplifying the literature of the Asian diaspora

Goodreads Spotlight

Book RIOT SPOTLIGHT