Library Parking on Wednesday November 6th

Starting at 6pm on Wednesday, November 6th portions of the Liberty Street municipal parking lot will be CLOSED for restriping of parking spaces. 

Additional parking is available at the municipal parking lot accessible via Caitlin Street. 

These portions will reopen on November 7th at 8am.

Library Closed on Monday, November 11th for Veterans Day.

The library will be closed on Monday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, November 12th at 9:30am. 

Rebecca F. Kuang, Asian American Representation in Literature

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Teens, Adults
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Join us online for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.

In Yellowface, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.

So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. 

White lies, dark humor, and deadly consequences await within the pages of Yellowface. Register to join the conversation!