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T.K. Lê (she/her) is an editor, writer, and educator based in Long Beach, CA. She has over a decade of experience writing and editing multi-genre pieces on race, intergenerational trauma, and intergenerational healing. She also has over a decade of experience in education, developing curriculum for and teaching subjects such as Asian American Studies, Ethnic Studies, memoir writing, creative writing, and English as a Second Language.
She strives to connect people through meaningful conversation. T.K. believes it is possible to look at the world through a critical lens and to enjoy a Netflix show — at the same time. She is motivated to achieve racial justice through institutional equity, storytelling, community-building, and political organizing. She believes that writing cannot exist without community and strives for a world where everyone is free.
Awards, Honors, and Residencies
2019 Kirkwood Literary Prize Finalist, “The Movers” (short story)
2019 Rita Dove Poetry Award Finalist, “the harvest” (poem)
2019 Rita Dove Poetry Award Finalist, “ask them who is doing the haunting” (poem)
2019 PEN America Emerging Voices fellow (genre: poetry)
2017 VONA Summer writing workshop residency (genre: speculative fiction)
Recent Guest Speaking Events
May 26, 2022: Guest Speaker and Writing Workshop, UCLA
Professor Thu-Huong Nguyen Vo’s M173: Vietnamese Cinema and Literature course
January 27, 2022: Guest Speaker and Writing Workshop, UCSB
Professor Heidi Amin-Hong’s ENGL 165AD Transpacific Narratives course
January 3, 2022: Guest Speaker, CSULB
Professor May Lin’s AsAm 119: Introduction to Ethnic Studies course
Professor May Lin’s AsAm 121: Contemporary Asian American Issues course
March 3, 2021: Guest Speaker, UCLA
Professor Thu-huong Nguyen-Vo’s M173: Vietnamese Cinema and Literature course
May 21, 2020: Guest Speaker, UCLA
Professor Thu-huong Nguyen-Vo’s M173: Vietnamese Cinema and Literature course