Join the Conversation via Zoom
Learn more about "Interior Chinatown" and meet Charles Wu during the David C. Hardesty Festival of Ideas event via Zoom on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. Discussions will focus on this inventive novel, which interrogates such topics as race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
Learn more and register to attend the virtual author visitMEET THE AUTHOR
Charles Yu
CHARLES YU is the author of four books, including Interior Chinatown (the winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction). He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the HBO series, Westworld. He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired, among other publications.
Photo credit: Tina Chiou
WHY GET INVOLVED IN CAMPUS READ?
The Campus Read fosters an exchange of ideas, thoughtful dialogue and new connections as fellow Mountaineers join together to discuss important ideas and relatable themes. This year’s themes include:
- Minority Experience
- Family Relationships
- American Pop Culture
- Parental Relationships
- Race and Racial Stereotype
- Longing for Home
- Assimilation
- Aging
- Poverty
- The American Dream
- Economic Disparity
- Exploitation
- Orientalism
- Community
- Body Image
NOMINATE A BOOK FOR 2023-2024
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