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SUMMARY:Babel-On with R.F. Kuang
LOCATION:Rolling Meadows Library\nRolling Meadows Library
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 ch/card?id=582ab21b-ce2b-11ea-a32c-c7083f8c1df3&amp\;entityType=Agent" tar
 get="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><em>R.F. Kuang's</em><i style="font-si
 ze: .55em\;" aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-external-link-alt" title="Ex
 ternal Link"></i><span class="sr-only">External Link</span></strong></a> g
 enre-bending fiction broaches ordinarily serious topics from a satirical a
 nd fantastical perspective. Academic yet approachable\, Kuang&rsquo\;s wor
 k combines history\, magic\, and classical literary tradition to render po
 werful critiques of academia\, the publishing industry\, and even contempo
 rary popular culture.</p>\n<p>Her most recent novel\, <a href="https://rml
 ib.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a764c932-190f-51e8-aa84-e77646872ab7&amp\
 ;entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><em>Kataba
 sis</em><i style="font-size: .55em\;" aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-ext
 ernal-link-alt" title="External Link"></i><span class="sr-only">External L
 ink</span></strong></a>\, follows two graduate students as they descend in
 to hell after the death of their professor\, and the screen rights options
  to the novel were sold to Amazon MGM Studios for an upcoming TV series be
 fore its publication. Kuang&rsquo\;s other bestselling titles include <a h
 ref="https://rmlib.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f2b2780f-726a-5ab4-87e5-2
 a79e7e1ab6a&amp\;entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><e
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 ="fas fa-external-link-alt" title="External Link"></i><span class="sr-only
 ">External Link</span></strong></em></a>\, <a href="http://rmlib.na.iiiveg
 a.com/search/card?id=6037d6e2-54bc-588b-978e-99c190084afd&amp\;entityType=
 FormatGroup" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>Babel<i style="fon
 t-size: .55em\;" aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-external-link-alt" title
 ="External Link"></i><span class="sr-only">External Link</span></strong></
 em></a>\, and <a href="https://rmlib.na.iiivega.com/search?query=The%20Pop
 py%20War&amp\;searchType=everything&amp\;pageSize=10" target="_blank" rel=
 "noopener"><em><strong>The Poppy War<i style="font-size: .55em\;" aria-hid
 den="true" class="fas fa-external-link-alt" title="External Link"></i><spa
 n class="sr-only">External Link</span></strong></em></a> trilogy\, and she
  is the recipient of the Nebula Award for Best Novel\, the Goodreads Choic
 e Award for Best Fiction\, and the American Book Award.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Kel
 ly Jensen\, an anti-censorship advocate\, senior editor at <em>Book Riot</
 em>\, and writer who has compiled such anthologies as <a href="https://rml
 ib.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c1f0c19d-0af7-5395-82d4-ceb772b7d570&amp\
 ;entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><em>Here W
 e Are: Feminism for the Real World</em><i style="font-size: .55em\;" aria-
 hidden="true" class="fas fa-external-link-alt" title="External Link"></i><
 span class="sr-only">External Link</span></strong></a> and <a href="https:
 //rmlib.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e875b527-b613-59d2-8731-07ef0089aa78
 &amp\;entityType=FormatGroup"><em><strong>(Don&rsquo\;t) Call Me Crazy<i s
 tyle="font-size: .55em\;" aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-external-link-a
 lt" title="External Link"></i><span class="sr-only">External Link</span></
 strong></em></a>\, will be joining Kuang in conversation.</p>\n<hr />\n<di
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 <p style="text-align: left\;"><em><strong>This event is made possible by I
 llinois Libraries Present (ILP)\, a statewide collaboration among public l
 ibraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded
  by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of the Secreta
 ry of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Lib
 rary Services\, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technolog
 y Act (LSTA).</strong></em></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;">ILP is comm
 itted to inclusion and accessibility. American Sign Language (ASL) interpr
 etation and Closed Captioning are provided for all events by default&mdash
 \;no special request needed. To request accommodations not listed\, please
  email <a href="mailto:illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org"><strong>illinoisl
 ibrariespresent@ila.org</strong></a>.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\nhttps://rmlib.l
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