Mimi Lok

Biography

Mimi Lok is a writer, editor, oral historian, and consultant working at the intersection of narrative and social justice. Her book, Last of Her Name (Kaya Press, 2019), won a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and a California Book Award. Lok was also the recipient of a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for Social Progress for her work with the nonprofit Voice of Witness, which uses oral history to amplify marginalized voices.

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See Work

FICTION / Summer 2025

The Woman Wong

By Mimi Lok ,  Illustrations by Ricardo Diseño

The summer I got engaged, I flew from San Francisco to London to see my mother. I had to remind myself during the flight that the engagement’s being a big deal didn’t make the trip a big deal, and that I should treat it like any other visit...

The Woman Wong - Illustration by Ricardo Diseño