Episode 59 - Yellowface
Update: 2023-08-02
Description
This month, Literary Anything veteran Paula returns to the pod to chat with Andrea about R.F. Kuang's bestseller 'Yellowface'. Tune in to hear their thoughts (there's a lot to discuss!!), plus what other books they're reading and a sad announcement from Andrea.
Books/Articles mentioned:
American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
“The Beautiful Piece” in People who lunch, Sally Olds
My struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard
Vladimir, Julia May Jonas
“The Book of My Enemy”, Stephanie Convery in Overland, 218 Autumn 2015, link: https://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-218/the-book-of-my-enemy/
The Anniversary, Stephanie Bishop
I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Wifedom, Anna Funder
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
“Who is the Bad Art Friend”, Robert Kolker, New York Times, Oct 5 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html
“A white poet, a Chinese name, and yellowface in "Best American Poetry": As "Yi-Fen Chou," a white writer toys with a racial history he obviously doesn't understand”, Paula Young Lee, Salon, September 8 2015. Link: https://www.salon.com/2015/09/08/a_white_poet_a_chinese_name_and_yellowface_in_best_american_poetry_as_yi_fen_chou_a_white_writer_toys_with_a_racial_history_he_obviously_doesnt_understand/
Books/Articles mentioned:
American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
“The Beautiful Piece” in People who lunch, Sally Olds
My struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard
Vladimir, Julia May Jonas
“The Book of My Enemy”, Stephanie Convery in Overland, 218 Autumn 2015, link: https://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-218/the-book-of-my-enemy/
The Anniversary, Stephanie Bishop
I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Wifedom, Anna Funder
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
“Who is the Bad Art Friend”, Robert Kolker, New York Times, Oct 5 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html
“A white poet, a Chinese name, and yellowface in "Best American Poetry": As "Yi-Fen Chou," a white writer toys with a racial history he obviously doesn't understand”, Paula Young Lee, Salon, September 8 2015. Link: https://www.salon.com/2015/09/08/a_white_poet_a_chinese_name_and_yellowface_in_best_american_poetry_as_yi_fen_chou_a_white_writer_toys_with_a_racial_history_he_obviously_doesnt_understand/
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