Writer & Editor

Illustration of lotus flowers by T.K. Lê

I’m a visual and written storyteller based in Long Beach, CA. I have over a decade of experience creating and developing multi-genre pieces on race, intergenerational trauma, and intergenerational healing. I have also run workshops and built curriculum for Asian American Studies and creative writing courses. I have an eye for structure, voice, and strategy, and offer my services as a communications consultant and editor for social justice campaigns and other projects.

I strongly believe collective liberation cannot happen without deep connection and community. I am motivated to utilize my skills in narrative strategy, community-building, and political organizing to achieve a future where we are all free.


Testimonials

T.K. Lê is a wonderfully thoughtful editor, someone whose feedback always gets to the heart of one’s writing. She is adept at picking out the key thematic strains of someone’s work and makes powerful suggestions that enhance character motivation, structural experimentation, and more. Never didactic or prescriptive, she truly sees your work for what it is, identifying its strengths and unique voice. For newer and aspiring writers, I highly recommend working with T.K!
— Muriel Leung, Author of Imagine Us, The Swarm (Nightboat Books)

T.K. Lê is a terrific creative writing workshop facilitator. The way she runs her workshops is so full of consideration and intention, for the craft and even more for the participants of the workshops. Her feedback is specific and at once challenges you to grow while also finding delight in your writing. In the workspace, T.K. fostered a sense of community and care from the first day.
— Indigo, Community Advocate

T.K. co-facilitated a two-day political education and organizing training I participated in a few years ago. She holds space for others with ease, humor, and intention. What stayed with me most is this moment during a sharing activity where T.K. set the tone by telling her own story of feeling connected to movement by ancestors. The dignity, anger, and love for community she shared resonated in my body and sustained me for a long time after the training was over. She knows instinctively how to move with her own spirit and brings people around her to alive our spirit, too.
— Nare Park, Nonprofit Outreach Worker and Mutual Aid Organizer

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