(Editor's Note: This is a spoiler-free review) Juniper Song, a white author who altered her name for a more eastern ring, doesn't let cultural appropriation or plagiarism stand in the way of her pursuit of literary fame. She steals the pages of a near-complete novel, save for the line edits, from a college friend, the acclaimed author Athena Liu, who dies from choking on a late-night, drunkenly consumed pancake (a pancake!) in the riveting fictional novel "Yellowface" — an inspired work by
Wow! As soon as I saw that you had posted this review, I read it as quickly as I could and plan to order the book, or better yet, hunt for it in person when it becomes available. I hope that the selectors at the Chautauqua Institute have this book on their radar, as it would make a wonderful addition to their course of study. (I am a member of the Mitchell Chautauqua Literary Circle in Blue Earth, MN, the longest-running Chautauqua in the country, org. 1883! I’ve been a member since my ‘09 retirement from teaching MS English.)
Wow! As soon as I saw that you had posted this review, I read it as quickly as I could and plan to order the book, or better yet, hunt for it in person when it becomes available. I hope that the selectors at the Chautauqua Institute have this book on their radar, as it would make a wonderful addition to their course of study. (I am a member of the Mitchell Chautauqua Literary Circle in Blue Earth, MN, the longest-running Chautauqua in the country, org. 1883! I’ve been a member since my ‘09 retirement from teaching MS English.)
PS -I love the Iowa Writers Collaborative!
Read it earlier this year and loved it. Great job capturing what makes this not-quite-easy -to-describe work so riveting.
Thank you for this heads up, Doug. I am going to get this book. It sounds like it will be a very good read.