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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Asian American Representation in Literature
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DESCRIPTION:We welcome you to register for a thrilling conversation with R
 ebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her bestselling no
 vel\, "Yellowface." "Yellowface" grapples with questions of diversity\, ra
 cism\, and cultural appropriation\, as well as the terrifying alienation o
 f social media..\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/event/10326237
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In&nbsp\;<a href="https://indypl.bibliocom
 mons.com/v2/record/S165C1513323"><em>Yellowface</em></a>\, Authors June Ha
 yward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena&rsq
 uo\;s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stor
 ies about basic white girls\, June thinks.</p>\n<p>So when June witnesses 
 Athena&rsquo\;s death in a freak accident\, she acts on impulse: she steal
 s Athena&rsquo\;s just-finished masterpiece\, an experimental novel about 
 the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.</p>\n<p>S
 o what if June edits Athena&rsquo\;s novel and sends it to her agent as he
 r own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper S
 ong&mdash\;complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn&rsquo\;
 t this piece of history deserve to be told\, whoever the teller? That&rsqu
 o\;s what June claims\, and the&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestseller list
  seems to agree.</p>\n<p>But June can&rsquo\;t get away from Athena&rsquo\
 ;s shadow\, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June&rsquo\;s (stolen
 ) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret\, she disco
 vers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.</p>
 \n<p>White lies\, dark humor\, and deadly consequences await within the pa
 ges of&nbsp\;Yellowface. With its totally immersive first-person voice\, K
 uang&rsquo\;s novel is timely\, razor-sharp\, and eminently readable. Regi
 ster to join the conversation!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration
 : underline\;"><strong>About the Author</strong></span></p>\n<p>Rebecca F.
  Kuang is the award-winning\, #1&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling au
 thor of the&nbsp\;Poppy War&nbsp\;trilogy\,&nbsp\;Babel: An Arcane History
 \, and&nbsp\;Yellowface. A Marshall Scholar\, she has an MPhil in Chinese 
 Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxf
 ord\; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at
  Yale\, where she studies diaspora\, contemporary Chinese literature\, and
  Asian American literature.</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underlin
 e\;"><strong>Disclaimer</strong></span></p>\n<p>The views expressed by pre
 senters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an 
 endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specifi
 c product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation b
 y The Indianapolis Public Library.</p>\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/e
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