R. F. Kuang • Expanding Lived Experience Through Fiction
Person of The Week · TIME
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Show Notes
This week, host Charlotte Alter sits down with 2023 TIME100 Next Phenom R.F. Kuang. The #1 New York Times bestselling author shares insight into crafting characters with empathy, the emotional rollercoaster of being a novelist, the nuanced function of literary genres, and the vibrancy of BookTok. Through the lens of Kuang’s latest novel, “Yellowface,” and her worldwide journey through academia and publishing, the pair unpack the complexities of the literary world and touch upon a pressing question: who gets to tell which stories?
Read more about R. F. Kuang in TIME100 Next 2023:
• https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2023/6308472/r-f-kuang
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