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SUMMARY:NEW DATE: Illinois Libraries Present: Babel-On with R.F. Kuang
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DESCRIPTION:R.F. Kuang’s genre-bending fiction broaches ordinarily serio
 us topics from a satirical and fantastical perspective. Academic yet appro
 achable, Kuang’s work combines history, magic, and classical literary tr
 adition to render powerful critiques of academia, the publishing industry,
  and even contemporary popular culture. Her most recent novel, Katabasis,
  follows two graduate students as they descend into hell after the death o
 f their professor, and the screen rights options to the novel were sold to
  Amazon MGM Studios for an upcoming TV series before its publication. Kuan
 g’s other bestselling titles include Yellowface, Babel, and The Poppy Wa
 r trilogy, and she is the recipient of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, th
 e Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, and the American Book Award. 
 Kelly Jensen, anti-censorship advocate, Senior Editor at Book Riot, and wr
 iter who has compiled such anthologies as Here We Are: Feminism for the Re
 al World and (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, will be joining Kuang in conversatio
 n. Registration for this event closes at 5:00 p.m. on event day. Late reg
 istrations will be processed after the live event, allowing access to the 
 event recording.This event is intended for adults.This event is made possi
 ble by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among p
 ublic libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant 
 awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of the S
 ecretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum an
 d Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Techn
 ology Act (LSTA). 
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