Join the Library\, Loyalty Bookstores and
The Writer's Center for an author event with R.O. Kwon for her new book
Books will be available for sales and signing\, and a limited number will be given away courtesy of the DC P ublic Library Foundation.
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\nAt a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco\, Jin Ha n meets Lidija Jung and nothing will ever be the same for either woman. A brilliant young photographer\, Jin is at a crossroads in her work\, in her marriage to her college love Philip\, and in who she is and who she wants to be. Lidija is an alluring\, injured world-class ballerina on hiatus fr om her ballet company under mysterious circumstances. Drawn to each other by their intense artistic drives\, the two women talk all night.
\nC racked open\, Jin finds herself telling Lidija about an old familial curse \, breaking a lifelong promise. She's been told that if she doesn&rsquo\;t keep the curse a secret\, she risks losing everything\; death and ruin co uld lie ahead. As Jin and Lidija become more entangled\, they realize they share more than the ferocity of their ambition\, and begin to explore hid den desires. Something is ignited in Jin: her art\, her body\, and her sen se of self irrevocably changed. But can she avoid the specter of the curse ? Vital\, bold\, powerful\, and deeply moving\, Exhibit asks: how brightly can you burn before you light your life on fire?
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\nR. O. Kwon&rsquo\;s Exhibit\, a novel\, will publish in May 2024 with Riverhead (US) and in July 2024 with Virago /Little Brown (UK). Kwon&rsquo\;s nationally bestselling first novel\, The Incendiaries\, has been translated into seven languages and was named a b est book of the year by over forty publications. The Incendiaries was a fi nalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award. Kwon and G arth Greenwell co-edited the bestselling Kink\, a New York Times Notable B ook and recipient of the inaugural Joy Award.
\nKwon&rsquo\;s writin g has appeared in The New York Times\, New Yorker\, Vanity Fair\, Guardian \, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships and awards from MacDowell\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and Yaddo\, and she is the Stein Vi siting Writer at Stanford University. Born in Seoul\, Kwon has lived most of her life in the United States.
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\nLupita Aquino&mdash\;better known as @Lupita.Rea ds on Instagram and TikTok\, passionately spreads her love for books onlin e. Alongside her vibrant online presence\, she has contributed insightful book coverage to outlets such as TODAY.com\, Aster(ix) Literary Journal\, She Reads\, The Washington Independent Review of Books\, and many more. No tably\, Lupita has served as a judge for the 2023 Louise Meriwether First Prize for the Feminist Press and was on the Selection Committee for the As pen Words Literary Prize in 2021. When not immersed in books\, she enjoys exploring local bookstores and libraries with her wife and son.
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