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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a facilitated discussion of Kalamazoo Public 
 Library's 2024 Reading Together book\, Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. Light 
 refreshments will be provided.\n\nCo-hosted by WMU Multicultural Affairs 
 and University Libraries\n\nAbout the book\n\nAuthors June Hayward and 
 Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale\, same 
 debut year in publishing. But Athena’s a cross-genre literary darling\, 
 and June didn’t even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about 
 basic white girls\, June thinks.\n\nSo 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 to the British and French war efforts 
 during World War I.\n\nSo 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 is? 
 That’s what June claims\, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to 
 agree.\n\nBut June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow\, and emerging 
 evidence threatens to bring June’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 thinks she deserves.\n\nWith its totally immersive 
 first-person voice\, "Yellowface" takes on questions of diversity\, 
 racism\, and cultural appropriation not only in the publishing industry but 
 the persistent erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western 
 white society. R. F. Kuang’s novel is timely\, razor-sharp\, and 
 eminently readable. Kalamazoo Public Library Reading Together
LOCATION:Waldo Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Sara Volmering":MAILTO:sara.volmering@wmich.edu
CATEGORIES:Arts and Humanities
CONTACT;CN="Sara Volmering":MAILTO:sara.volmering@wmich.edu
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