Rebecca F. Kuang
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Rebecca F. Kuang
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author, marshall scholar, phd @ Yale
sinophone + asian american lit
BABEL, YELLOWFACE, etc...
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i'm going on tour in the US/UK/Canada for KATABAISS in late August/September ❤️ all the dates, locations, and ticket links are up now: smarturl.it/2F5F7c
May 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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i have two more public events upcoming this year, one in NOLA and one in NYC. tickets and more event details linked here, and please excuse the NOLA graphic for being so extra - I did not make it but I am flattered 🙈

NOLA: kuangrf.eventbrite.com
NYC: firstgoldendaybnusq.eventbrite.com
B&N Union Square Five Golden Days of Author Signings Monday, December 16th at 3PM NOLA December 7th at 4:00 pm Baldwin & Co https://kuangrf.eventbrite.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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for reference today
November 5, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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i'm very excited to have curated some screenings later this month for my favorite indie theater in Cambridge. and it overlaps with the re-release of THE POPPY WAR! more details and links here:

rfkuang.substack.com/p/the-poppy-...
November 3, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Ultimately, I think we must keep a candidate out of the White House who uses the word “Palestinian” as a slur, who has talked about sabotaging a ceasefire deal and who has urged Israel to "go further" and "finish the job.” We now know that Israel is waiting for the results of the election to even consider a ceasefire. We should be extremely wary of what that means.
October 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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I struggled with how the destruction of Gaza should influence my vote, and I know many of you have too, because why should we vote for an administration complicit in an ongoing genocide? My choices are guided by what Palestinian leaders have told us: that Trump would be far worse for Palestinians, Muslims, and all immigrants; that Palestinians in Gaza would prefer anyone over Trump, that we should vote for the people who cannot survive another Trump presidency. And I think it matters more to center the political demands of Palestinians than to perform liberal virtue-signalling.
October 29, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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I also think we should be willing to do almost anything to save a life. It is factually unquestionable that the policy differences between Trump and Harris on environmental justice, xenophobia, migration, and reproductive justice will cause or prevent the death and suffering of thousands. Amber Thurman and Candi Miller should still be here. I would do anything to prevent more women from dying such senseless deaths, least of all take ten minutes to vote.
October 29, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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I don’t think voting is a matter of self-expression or ideological purity. We don’t vote for candidates we admire so much as we vote for the next fight that we want to have. Voting is one of many tactics. Sometimes you have to vote to stem the bleeding when you are losing on multiple fronts – which we undoubtedly are.
October 29, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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i voted, here's why

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October 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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statement
I initially planned to say nothing about Babel’s inexplicable disqualification from the Hugo Awards. But I believe that these cases thrive on ambiguities, the lingering question marks, the answers that aren’t answers. I wish to clarify that no reason for Babel’s ineligibility was given to me or my team. I did not decline a nomination, as no nomination was offered. Until one is provided that explains why the book was eligible for the Nebula and Locus awards, which it won, and not the Hugos, I assume this was a matter of undesirability rather than ineligibility. Excluding “undesirable” work is not only embarrassing for all involved parties, but renders the entire process and organization illegitimate. Pity. That’s all from me. I have books to write.
January 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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this has been one of my pie in the sky goals for a while. all my gratitude to everyone who voted. we're going out to celebrate tonight! ❤️
December 7, 2023 at 5:47 PM
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at very long last i will finally head over to Australia in March to do some book events. Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane over three days. all ticket links are in my bio, and recommendations for how to make the most of my brief time in AUS very welcome!
December 6, 2023 at 2:44 AM
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the Bulgarian translator of BABEL - Bogdan Rusev - has won the Krastan Dyankov Prize for his work on a book that is admittedly a translator's headache. i enjoyed reading about his strategy for handling the match-pairs!

full article here. Congratulations, Bogdan!
ekf.bg/news/article...
November 28, 2023 at 4:21 PM
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well this was kind of startling to wake up to and for a long moment i thought it was a joke email. i'm in the Forbes 30 under 30 class this year! 🫠😱

www.forbes.com/30-under-30/...
November 28, 2023 at 1:06 PM
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the National Concert Hall in Taipei, by day and by night. these days i'm here at least twice a week. the classical music programming this summer has been a wonderful surprise, and sitting in the cool dark letting Mozart wash over me is a nice way to while away the hot summer days...
August 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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for my first proper bluesky post here are two moments that had me pinching myself this week...YELLOWFACE has been out in this world for a month now and I'm still in wonder that anyone liked my absurd lockdown novel. if you've ever been curious whether authors get used to it...NOPE we really don't!!!
July 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM