Author of “Daughter of the Dragon,” “Inseparable," "Charlie Chan," and editor of "The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature," all from @wwnorton @liveright
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I think I’ve asked this question before:
How is it that judges for fiction in translation consistently select compelling titles but judges for USA fiction consistently do not?
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Born in Los Angeles in 1905, actress Anna May Wong was the daughter of a laundryman who became a global celebrity. @yunte offers a moving portrait of a screen siren who is “far more complicated than her legendary celluloid image would suggest”. @wwnorton
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Today’s New York Times headline, on the eve of the paperback edition release of Daughter of the Dragon
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CONGRATULATIONS to 93rd California Book Awards winners:
GOLD: Justin Torres, @ruthmadievsky, Fae Myenne Ng, @RosannaXia, @SchoettlerJoan, Dashka Slater, @MaryAlicePoetry, Roberson Taj Frazier
SILVER: Kathryn Ma, @yunte Huang, & @ElanaKArnold
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May 24: @yunte and I will be at the @AcademyMuseum this Friday in conversation about his newest book "Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History." Ticket includes general admission to the museum. academymuseum.org/en/program…
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She’s the face of a 2022 @usmint quarter & her own @Barbie in the ‘Inspiring Women’ series — but who is Anna May Wong, and what made her an icon? @yunte tells Wong’s story in the last book of his Asian American icons trilogy, ‘Daughter of the Dragon.’ ow.ly/l7N750RzY1x
ALT Chinese American actress Anna May Wong is seen wearing a long dress with a dragon embellishment by designer Travis Banton for her role in the 1934 film 'Limehouse Blues'.
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The finalists for the 93rd Annual #CaliforniaBookAwards are out!
Nonfiction finalists @PeterGleick Lisa M. Hamilton @yunte Huang, Fae Myenne Ng & @RosannaXia
See full list: commonwealthclub.org/events/…
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A new memoir by Manjula Martin exposes the ways climate change will reach into the most personal recesses in our life, writes @caseyschwartz. theatlantic.com/books/archiv…
Amen. I have a Chinese PhD student who got a job in the middle of nowhere USA, and told her Weee! would be happiest to have a diehard customer :)
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In June, Jerome Rothenberg & I read at @Gagosian Gallery LA, at Kiefer’s show, Re: the Khurbn (Yiddish -- catastrophe). Posted for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The video is about 45 minutes, with a conversation at end..gagosian.com/quarterly/
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Congratulations to @UCSB_English professor Yunte Huang (@yunte), recognized for his biography of the 20th-century film star Anna May Wong, "Daughter of the Dragon." 📕
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Beyond thrilled for @yunte and his incredible 3/3 NBCC nominations for his Rendezvous with America trilogy: CHARLIE CHAN, INSEPARABLE, and now DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON.
Thrilled to be nominated, the third time, for the NBCC award! @LiverightPub @UCSB_English
Getting ready to introduce these two great silent films at MoMA in NYC today: moma.org/calendar/events/928…
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New issue alert! UC Santa Barbara Magazine is back with perspectives on our cultural fascination with weather, the current state of democracy, and more. Plus, highlights from around campus and our global Gaucho community. Catch the online edition at magazine.ucsb.edu.