, ▁literary ▁journal ▁editor , ▁and ▁cre ative ▁writing ▁professor . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁State ▁Department ▁officer , ▁Lee ▁- ▁who ▁is ▁a ▁third - gener ation ▁Korean ▁American ▁- ▁spent ▁his ▁child hood ▁in ▁Tokyo ▁( where ▁he ▁attended ▁AS I J , ▁or ▁the ▁American ▁School ▁in ▁Japan ) ▁and ▁Se oul . ▁He ▁received ▁his ▁B . A . ▁in ▁English ▁Liter ature ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁( U CLA ) ▁and ▁his ▁M . F . A . ▁in ▁Creative ▁Writing ▁and ▁Liter ature ▁from ▁Em erson ▁College . ▁ ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁with ▁his ▁M . F . A . ▁degree , ▁Lee ▁taught ▁fiction ▁writing ▁work sh ops ▁at ▁Em erson ▁College ▁for ▁four ▁years ▁as ▁an ▁adj unct ▁instruct or , ▁then ▁began ▁working ▁full - time ▁at ▁the ▁literary ▁journal ▁Pl ough sh ares . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁primary ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁literary ▁journal ▁Pl ough sh ares ▁for ▁ 1 7 ▁years ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 8 - 2 0 0 7 . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁occas ional ▁writer - in - res idence ▁in ▁Em erson ' s ▁M . F . A . ▁program ▁and ▁a ▁visit ing ▁writer ▁at ▁other ▁colleg es ▁and ▁univers ities . ▁ ▁Lee ' s ▁earlier ▁work ▁has ▁appeared ▁in ▁G Q , ▁New ▁England ▁Review , ▁American ▁Short ▁F iction , ▁Ken y on ▁Review , ▁and ▁G lim mer ▁Train , ▁with ▁Voir