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    She wants fiction writers to step outside their experiences. Even if it's messy

    by Manuela López Restrepo May 16, 2023 2 minutes
    R.F. Kuang says fiction should be about imagining outside our own perspective.

    R.F. Kuang's novel offers a literary exploration of cultural appropriation taken to a new degree.

    Who is she? R.F. Kuang is an award-winning Chinese American author, known for her best-selling fantasy novels in The Poppy War trilogy.

    • Yellowface, her latest work, focuses on a writer and thief named June Hayward, who finds herself stumped with little professional success.
    • Athena Liu, however, is her extremely successful, sort-of

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