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28 May, 6 tweets, 5 min read
Our L.A. Times Book Club event starts now!
Grab some 🍷or 🍿

@JustinCChang is interviewing @Charles_Yu, novelist & TV writer (@WestworldHBO, @LegionFX & more) about his book "Interior Chinatown" for the @Latimesbooks Book Club

Reply below with your Qs twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
We're talking now about @charles_yu's experience writing for @WestworldHBO.

Earlier this year, we spoke with him about how novelists are writing for TV more than ever latimes.com/entertainment-…
"One of the things that I really wanted to explore is the idea of dimensionality that in the front they become these really flattened stereotypes, literally just turned into 'Asian' & in the back...I wanted it to be kind of an overflowing of individuality" twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Learn more about @charles_yu and how he fights anti-Asian hate and Hollywood stereotypes in his novel: latimes.com/entertainment-…
"For a long time, I felt like I had to hide certain aspects of my identity ... I was afraid that if I sort of showed my whole self, people wouldn't accept it.

I do think we're in an atmosphere now where people will want to hear your story." - @charles_yu twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"I didn't reduce my weirdness level ever. I just went for it."
- @charles_yu 🤘😎

That’s a wrap! If you missed tonight’s @Latimesbooks Book Club event, you can still watch it here: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Join the club for more events like these ⬇️
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