The Books of Lai Yin

On marriage, motherhood, sex, family, food, airports and the impossible work of holding a house.

Origin 起源

On the formation of my house.

Chicago

On hotdogs, Chinatown massage and hospitality.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 20 Jun 2026

Chicago

Washington, D.C.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 14 Jun 2026

Washington, D.C.

New York

On 5 star mattresses, tiny eateries, and being swept away.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 12 Jun 2026

New York

Our Playlist

On K-pop, Sade, St. Germain, and hair in the shower

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 18 May 2026

Our Playlist

Chinese New Year

On pan-fried turnip cake, sleeping with a Gweilo, fertility, and the impossible work of being Lai Yin.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 17 Feb 2026

Chinese New Year

Lijiang

On altitude, breathlessness, and boundaries held.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 25 Jan 2026

Lijiang

Bali

On sex, pregnancy, children and wanting.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 16 Jan 2026

Bali

Berlin

On hospitality, family, fundraising, and sex before breakfast.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 11 Jan 2026

Berlin

Sydney

On Felix, sex, motherhood, and twenty years of asking who leads.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 4 Jan 2026

Sydney

Sleeping with women

On a straight woman’s attraction to women.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 14 Dec 2025

Sleeping with women

SHEHOLDS 她拿著

A publication about how women shape and hold the spaces around them.