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Event Type: Adult Program Age Group(s): Adult Date: 9/24/2021 Start Time: 12:00 PM End Time: 1:00 PM Description: Read and Discuss "Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu.
Library: All BranchesClick the link above or join at https://zoom.us/j/93316346029 or with Meeting ID 933 1634 6029 "Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more" Book club kit copies are available at the Downtown Bend Customer Service Desk. First-come, first-serve. *zm* Contact: Rya Fennewald Contact Number: 541-617-7092 Link: Join on Zoom |