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Jul 1, 2024 | 
leylasanai.substack.com | Rebecca Kuang |Leyla Sanai
Leyla’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. YellowfaceBy Rebecca F KuangYellowface was last year’s surprise hit.
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May 24, 2024 | 
thedirectory-thomas-s.co.uk | Rebecca Kuang |Nicole Krauss
The Book Club: Part 2One of The Directory readers suggested we create a Book Club which we agree is a brilliant idea. Below is a list of books Directory readers have read recently and recommend. Please do send us your recommendations and we will add them.
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Published in 2023 this book was described as a satire of racial diversity in the publishing industry as well as a metafiction about social media, particularly Twitter.
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May 12, 2024 | 
shesociety.com.au | Rebecca Kuang |Anne Gibson
The eternally profound and classy playwright, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) wrote, in the ethereally noble and cautionary tale of “Hamlet”, cuttingly of ambition as a character trait. He tells us that “The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream”. Certainly the concept of ambition, in it’s most pure iteration, is something we humans require to achieve goals and be fulfilled in life.
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May 6, 2024 | 
thetimes.co.uk | Rebecca Kuang
My favourite author or bookI’m on a Joan Didion bender. Currently it’s The Year of Magical Thinking. The book I’m readingI’m always juggling three or four — I need one for the dinner table, one for commuting, one in my ears as I run and one just for fun. Right now these include Susan Sontag’s On Women, Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men and Ling Ma’s Severance. The book I wish I had writtenSusanna Clarke’s Piranesi.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
caffeinatedwriter.substack.com | Michelle Richmond |Rebecca Kuang
I recently listened to Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, because I always enjoy a scandalous novel with a writer as villain. These days, when I read a book by an author I like, instead of searching for the author’s website I first search for them on Substack. Whereas a website usually has an author’s books and events, an author’s Substack lets you see what they’re reading and thinking about now. It tends to be more casual, more conversational, and more recent.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
chicklit.nl | Rebecca Kuang
Op de dag dat Athena Liu voor de ogen van June Hayward doodgaat, neemt deze laatste Athena’s nieuwste manuscript mee naar huis. Een manuscript dat nog niemand heeft gezien en waarmee June haar middelmatige reputatie als auteur wil opkrikken. Want, in tegenstelling tot June, was Athena een bestsellerauteur.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
harpersbazaar.com.au | Alexandra English |Rebecca Kuang |Curtis Sittenfeld |Pineapple Street
IT’S NOT TOO late to get into the year’s best new releases. BAZAAR’s resident bookworm, Alexandra English, shares her favourites. Related: Fully booked: All the must-read new releases in November 2023 Death Valley, by Melissa BroderBooktopia, $32.99This was absolutely one of my favourites of the year, and it’s still pretty fresh off the press so you can get away with not having gotten around to it yet.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
readings.com.au | Rebecca Kuang
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books of the past 12 months. Here are the best international fiction books of the year, as voted by Readings' staff, and displayed in alphabetical order by author.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
grazia.co.in | Rebecca Kuang |Ione Gamble |Selby Wynn Schwartz |Gabrielle Zevin
A curation of titles and stories that caught our attention and our attention span this yearYellowfaceby Rebecca F. Kuang
When literary favourite Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name, Juniper Song. A gripping first–person voice that tells a compelling, catchy story, this book has been the popular choice this year for its narrative that keeps one glued to its pages.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
countryandtownhouse.com | Olivia Emily |Rebecca Kuang |Yomi Adegoke |Gabrielle Zevin
In a world oversaturated with hype, it can be tricky to find genuine recommendations. Is that film actually any good, or does it just have a star-studded cast? Is that moisturiser really as thick and luxurious as they say, or is the influencer marketing just really well done? Here, the C&TH team cuts through the noise and shares exactly what we’re loving right now, from TV shows to wellness treats.
