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SUMMARY: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 <i>New York Ti
 mes</i> bestselling novel\, <i>Yellowface</i>. .\nhttps://centralarkansasl
 ibrarysystemcals.libnet.info/event/10327749
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>Yellowface</em>&nbsp\;grapples with qu
 estions of diversity\, racism\, and cultural appropriation\, as well as th
 e terrifying alienation of social media.</p>\n<p>In&nbsp\;<em>Yellowface</
 em>\, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising 
 stars. But Athena&rsquo\;s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally n
 obody. Who wants stories 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 steals Athena&rsquo\;s just-finished masterpiece\, an expe
 rimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during W
 orld War I.</p>\n<p>So what if June edits Athena&rsquo\;s novel and sends 
 it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher reb
 rand her as Juniper Song&mdash\;complete with an ambiguously ethnic author
  photo? Doesn&rsquo\;t this piece of history deserve to be told\, whoever 
 the teller? That&rsquo\;s what June claims\, and the&nbsp\;<em>New York Ti
 mes</em>&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 discovers exactly how far she will go to keep wha
 t she thinks she deserves.</p>\n<p>White lies\, dark humor\, and deadly co
 nsequences await within the pages of&nbsp\;<em>Yellowface</em>. With its t
 otally immersive first-person voice\, Kuang&rsquo\;s novel is timely\, raz
 or-sharp\, and eminently readable. Register to join the conversation!&nbsp
 \;</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong> Rebecca F. Kuang is the awar
 d-winning\, #1&nbsp\;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp\;bestselling author of t
 he&nbsp\;<em>Poppy War</em>&nbsp\;trilogy\,&nbsp\;<em>Babel: An Arcane His
 tory</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>Yellowface</em>. A Marshall Scholar\, she has an
  MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chines
 e Studies from Oxford\; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages 
 and Literatures at Yale\, where she studies diaspora\, contemporary Chines
 e literature\, and Asian American literature.</p>\nhttps://centralarkansas
 librarysystemcals.libnet.info/event/10327749
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