吃瓜tv Distinguished Writing Series Featuring R.O. Kwon
Join bestselling author of The Incendiaries for a virtual author talk.
吃瓜tv will host a Distinguished Writers Series featuring best-selling author , nationally acclaimed for her 2018 novel, .
The event takes place virtually on Wednesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m.
Live via Zoom! The event is FREE and open to the public. .
吃瓜tv R.O. Kwon
Born in South Korea, Kwon鈥檚 family emigrated to Los Angeles when she was three years old. Raised in a Christian household, she experienced a self-described 鈥渃risis of faith鈥 at age 17, and stopped believing in God, the event that inspired her debut novel.
Named one of the best books of the year by Buzzfeed, The Today Show, NPR, The Atlantic, PBS Books, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, BBC, and Newsweek, the novel鈥檚 popularity has resulted in numerous translations around the world. Even before the book's release, Kwon was called one of "four writers to watch" by The New York Times.
鈥淩.O. Kwon is a talented writer whose debut novel is a very powerful picture of the dangers of fanaticism,鈥 said Dr. Rochelle Robbins, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at 吃瓜tv. 鈥淚t is important for our students to recognize that works of fiction raise issues about our society. Kwon鈥檚 work presents many of these difficult issues in a way that provides an opportunity for a challenging and constructive dialogue.鈥
The author is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow and her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Buzzfeed, New York Magazine, NPR, and elsewhere. She attended Yale University and holds a Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College.
The 吃瓜tv Distinguished Writers Series is dedicated to encouraging a range of perspectives, civic engagement, and critical thinking, as well as furthering 吃瓜tv鈥檚 mission and core values of community, respect, integrity, experiential learning, vision, and service.