Author R.F. Kuang on How Fiction Helps Us Think Outside Our Lived Experiences

2023 TIME100 Next Phenom R.F. Kuang joins host Charlotte Alter on this week's show. The #1 New York Times bestselling author shares insight into crafting characters with empathy, the emotional rollercoaster of being a novelist, the nuanced function of literary genres, and the vibrancy of BookTok. Through the lens of Kuang’s latest novel, “Yellowface,” and her worldwide journey through academia and publishing, the pair unpack the complexities of the literary world and touch upon a pressing question: who gets to tell which stories?
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the title is misleading her work screams upper class