Asian American Young Adult Fiction with Ed Lin, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, and Ruth Minah Buchwald
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We're celebrating the launch of novelist Ed Lin's YA debut, DAVID TUNG CAN’T HAVE A GIRLFRIEND UNTIL HE GETS INTO AN IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE (Kaya Press, October 2020). He reads an excerpt of his work along with YA author of FINDING MY VOICE and co-founder of AAWW Marie Myung-Ok Lee. Following their readings they talk with Ruth Minah Buchwald about Young Adult Fiction, and the (mis)representations of Asian Americans in literature and the media. Ed Lin also tells a ghost story.
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