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#CHARLES YU TALKS ABOUT INTERIOR TV#
On this week’s podcast, Yu, himself a writer for TV as well as a novelist, discusses the book and why he wrote it. It features an actor named Willis Wu, who has a very small role in a TV show. This event, along with all of our NEA Big Read programming, is free, but space is limited. Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown, which won the National Book Award for fiction in November, is a satire about Hollywood’s treatment of Asian-Americans. We invite you to join this vibrant celebration of Yu’s groundbreaking novel! This event, co-presented by the National Asian American Theatre Company, introduces Interior Chinatown and its innovative form with readings performed by accomplished stage and screen actors Fang Du ( Thoroughly Modern Millie national tour) and Sami Ma ( Once Upon A (korean) Time).
Since it was first published in January of 2020, we have seen a sharp increase in violence against Asian Americans, bringing new urgency to Yu’s sharp rebuke of America’s persistent prejudices. Against the backdrop of this experiential normalcy, Yu tells us about ourselves with his haunting depictions of the immigrant experience, familial relationships. Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. We couldn’t be more excited about this year’s Big Read title, Interior Chinatown- Charles Yu’s sharply observed satire about racial stereotyping in Hollywood and escaping the roles we are forced to perform, inventively presented in the form of a screenplay. Author Charles Yu discusses his latest book 'Interior Chinatown: A Novel'. Since 2008, The Center for Fiction has partnered annually with the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read to create dynamic, community-wide, free programming centered around a single work of literature-inspiring meaningful conversations, artistic responses, and new discoveries and connections.
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