Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh

Love seeing our Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay editors @heidiczerwiec.bsky.social and @artichokeheart.bsky.social in conversation at Ploughshares!

I'm so thrilled for unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) to be honored at the 2026 AWP Awards Reception and Celebration in Baltimore this coming Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Watertable Ballroom, 5th Floor, Renaissance Harbor Hotel.

Friends: I'm going to be giving a generative writing workshop via Zoom for Larksong Writers Place on lyric prose techniques this Saturday, February 28, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Central Time. The cost is $50, and there's space for 12 participants. See link below:

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An Evening with Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh | Saint Mary's College The Visiting Writers Series and English Department are thrilled to present an evening with acclaimed writer Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, who will read from her award winning memoir, unMothered, unTongued....

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I'm very excited to be reading from unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social ) for the Saint Mary's College Visiting Writers Series in Notre Dame on Tuesday, February 17th, at the Haggar Welsh Parlor, 6:00 p.m. If you're in Notre Dame, or nearby, please do come and say hello! ❤

Winter reading. ❄️📚♥️ Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh‘s BEYOND HEART MOUNTAIN, Han VanderHart’s LARKS, and Ruth Awad’s OUTSIDE THE JOY. @artichokeheart.bsky.social @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @ruthawad.bsky.social

Please join me for a virtual book talk and reading from unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) with Larksong Writers Place this Friday, February 6, at 12:00 p.m. Central Time via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public!

Register below:
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The Space Between: An Interview With Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh by Curtis Smith What makes this piece a story vs. nonfiction vs. prose poem?

So grateful to Curtis Smith, and to Jen Michalski and @jmwwjournal.bsky.social, for this generous and thoughtful interview, "The Space Between," about my book of essays, unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social). Please give it a read below:

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Terrain.org's 2026 Pushcart Prize + Best of the Net Nominations - Terrain.org Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations, a rich mix of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and artwork.

I'm absolutely thrilled that my essay, "Colony Collapse," has received both a Pushcart Prize nomination and a Best of the Net nomination from the wonderful folks at @terrainorg.bsky.social--a beautiful magazine that I hold in such high esteem!

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I'm SO looking forward to reading in support of unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) via Zoom this Sunday afternoon, November 23, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Link to register via EventBrite (and read bios/get more information) here: register: bit.ly/4nk33Rt

Check out the latest issue of Midway Journal with Contest Results (my #CW crocodile piece placed third! woohoo!) Thank you, @oozannesay.bsky.social, @artichokeheart.bsky.social and Ralph Panell, and congrats everyone who won and is in the issue! midwayjournal.com/how-to-avoid...

#CW piece... Very honored by this win and pub, and thank you again, @artichokeheart.bsky.social , @oozannesay.bsky.social and Ralph Pennel.

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Thank you @grantamag.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social for the great memoir workshop that birthed this.

I'll be reading October 29, at 7:00 p.m. at The Heller Center (1250 N. Campus Heights Drive) in Colorado Springs for the UCCS Visiting Author Series to support my new book, unMothered, unTongued from @ugapress.bsky.social :

For more information call 719-255-6277 or email Heller@uccs.edu.

unMothered, unTongued University of Georgia Press

My essay "The Unbearable Privilege of Breathing," written during the heart of COVID-19, is published in the latest Writer's Chronicle as a sneak peak for unMothered, unTongued, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social.

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This week in Atlanta: I'm delighted to be reading from unMothered, unTongued, winner of the AWP Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social, this Thursday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m., at the Emory Bookstore (First Floor).

I'm back from the Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival in Frostburg, MD, where I had such a wonderful time! Grateful, too, for the upcoming venues that will be hosting me as unMothered, unTongued continues to make its way into the world.

I'm excited to be giving the kickoff reading for the Indie Lit Festival on September 26, at Main Street Books, 2 East Main Street in Frostburg, MD. This will be my first reading out for unMothered, unTongued, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social !

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Today is the official release day for unMothered, unTongued!!!

Order from @ugapress.bsky.social here:
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So happy to have placed 3rd in Midway Journal's Contest! Congratulations to the other winners, and big thanks to @artichokeheart.bsky.social Ralph Pennel, Suzanne Richardson, and all of the editors. Look forward to reading the winners and the issue in October!

My parents' anniversary was August 6, the tenth anniversary of tHiroshima, the day my mother aid she "drop the bomb" on her parents. I write about this in my essay, "The Atomic Age," from unMothered, unTongued:

Order here, from @ugapress.bsky.social:
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So grateful for my conversation with Charles K. Carter as part of the #SundaySweetChats series, Season 3, Episode 4, which premieres on YouTube today (and will be available for viewing after premiere), August 24th, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time!

Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbvz....

Tonight (Thurday, 8/21/25)! 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time! I'll be reading via Zoom for the Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series, presented by The Emily Dickinson Museum with Cathy Linh Che and Monica Ong! Click below to register:

emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphorescence-august-2025

The first copy of my book, unmothered, unTongued, arrived this weekend and I'm absolutely thrilled! Immense gratitude to the team at @ugapress.bsky.social for their stunning work: the covers, the interior, the paper . . . all so lovely

Order/preordering link below:
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A link for 30% off list price for unMothered, unTongued by Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh below:

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Unrivered by Donna Vorreyer at the bottom of a nubbed linen background with a collaged figure of a woman in blues and bits of red and black with curved pieces flowing from her hands, beneath her feet, and behind her head.

It's here! My proof is here! Cover reveal for Unrivered, coming from @sundresspub.bsky.social. Pre-orders begin August 26, and I'll be sharing blurbs and links over the few weeks.

Humbled and honored to be on the shortlist for the Lammy's. Thank you, @diodeeditions.bsky.social, editors, and @lambdaliterary.org and the judges. Blown away! And thanks to everyone who has supported my book and writing! Congrats to all the finalists also!❤️

A translucent white and green flyer that features the cover of my new collection of poems, What's Left Is Tender (which depicts bearded man floating in water beside a lotus) and the following text: WHAT'S LEFT IS TENDER TRAVIS CHI WING LAU BOOK LAUNCH Featuring special guests Michael Leong & Mandy Shunnarah 7PM MONDAY, AUGUST 18 AT PROLOGUE BOOKSHOP

Columbus folks: it would mean the world to me to see you at the launch reading of What's Left Is Tender on 8/18 at 7 PM at Prologue Bookshop.

Read this beautiful interview with @kalekim.bsky.social in the International Examiner, where she discusses her inspiration for Mele and encouraging words for aspiring poets. 💛💜💛💜

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