Yellowface, by R.F. Huang, is a darkly satirical novel about a young woman who steals the manuscript of a recently deceased former classmate and re-brands it as her own, under the culturally ambiguous name of Juniper Song. With its immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of artistic jealousy, cultural appropriation, racial stereotypes, and the terrifying alienation of social media.
When I began reading R.F. Kuang's 2023 novel Yellowface, I could not put it down. It was thrilling to me to have an Asian American writer write something that is so prescient and engaged with issues ...
—Constance Wu, Time
FAQ: How do you pronounce your last name?
Probably not the way you’re inclined to. It rhymes with “song”, not “bang”! Here’s a Google Translate link that will pronounce it for you!
—FAQ, RFKuang.com
Oct 7, 2024
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center and Zoom
—Fall 2024 Community Read, Simmons
