Virtual Author Talk: Rebecca F. Kuang
Schedule
Tue May 21 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
206 Broadway St, Findlay, OH, United States, Ohio 45840 | Findlay, OH
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We welcome you to register for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.In Yellowface, authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena's a literary darling, June Hayward is literally nobody.
So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
But June cant get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring Junes (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
Lies, dark humor, and deadly consequences await within the pages of Yellowface. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Kuangs novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. Register to join the conversation! https://libraryc.org/findlaylibrary/47202
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Where is it happening?
206 Broadway St, Findlay, OH, United States, Ohio 45840Event Location & Nearby Stays:
