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SUMMARY:Asian American Representation in Literature
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang as she chats 
 with us about her bestselling novel\, "Yellowface" which grapples wi
 th diversity\, racism\, and cultural appropriation..\nhttps://edisonpublic
 library.libnet.info/event/10373588
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>We welcome you to register for a thrilling
  conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us abou
 t her&nbsp\;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp\;bestselling novel\,&nbsp\;<em>Ye
 llowface</em>.&nbsp\;<em>Yellowface</em>&nbsp\;grapples with questions of 
 diversity\, racism\, and cultural appropriation\, as well as the terrifyin
 g alienation of social media.</p>\n<p>In&nbsp\;<em>Yellowface</em>\, Autho
 rs June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But 
 Athena&rsquo\;s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. 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 experimental no
 vel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
 </p>\n<p>So what if June edits Athena&rsquo\;s novel and sends it to her a
 gent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as
  Juniper Song&mdash\;complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doe
 sn&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 Times</em>&nb
 sp\;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 Ju
 ne&rsquo\;s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her
  secret\, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she think
 s she deserves.</p>\n<p>White lies\, dark humor\, and deadly consequences 
 await within the pages of&nbsp\;<em>Yellowface</em>. With its totally imme
 rsive first-person voice\, Kuang&rsquo\;s novel is timely\, razor-sharp\, 
 and eminently readable. Register to join the conversation!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>
 <span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>About the Author</stron
 g></span></p>\n<p>Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning\, #1&nbsp\;<em>New
  York Times</em>&nbsp\;bestselling author of the&nbsp\;<em>Poppy War</em>&
 nbsp\;trilogy\,&nbsp\;<em>Babel: An Arcane History</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>Ye
 llowface</em>. A Marshall Scholar\, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies fr
 om Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford\; she 
 is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale\, wh
 ere she studies diaspora\, contemporary Chinese literature\, and Asian Ame
 rican literature.</p>\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/10373
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