Notable Los Angeles: 9/24–9/30
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Posts Tagged: Kevin Kwan
Notable Los Angeles: 6/5–6/11
Monday 6/5: Keith Kurlander discusses and signs Look Like This at 56. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Lauren Eggert-Crowe celebrates the release of her new chapbook, Bitches of the Drought. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
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First, Brandon Hicks gives us “Leonard: The Dad From A Different Generation.” Next, Gayle Brandeis offers a personal and insightful portrait of female body image in the Saturday Essay, “Thunder, Thighs.” Before Brandeis’s own view of her thighs was changed forever, they were her “friends,” her “freedom.” After much introspection, Brandeis learns strategies for coping with the […]
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China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
Pooja Makhijani examines China Rich Girlfriend through her perspective of being a South Asian American currently living in Singapore.
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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
These moments transform the novel from mindless entertainment, as if it were a Bravo show on The Real Housewives of Singapore, into a revealing Economist-style feature.
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