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LIVE: Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) joins the L.A. Times Book Club for a virtual conversation about "Our Missing Hearts" with Times columnist Patt Morrison (@pattmlatimes).

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Please welcome Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing), author of "Our Missing Hearts," to the L.A. Times virtual Book Club stage!

Watch the livestream conversation: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"He's born Noah, but he names himself Bird."

Celeste Ng introduces the characters in #OurMissingHearts. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Ng opens up about the research that went into her new book: "I was thinking a lot about what art can do for us during difficult times." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Celeste Ng discusses her writing process, which involves lots and lots of notes. Here's a picture of some of her notebooks.

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Ng discusses the questions she wanted to ask with #OurMissingHearts: "What will it take for people to stand up and what are their reasons for not doing so." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Celeste Ng discusses working with Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon on the series adaptation of #LittleFiresEverywhere.

Watch the livestream conversation: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Celeste Ng: "I can't remember a time in my life when I wasn't aware that I looked different from most people around me." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Celeste Ng discusses her background and coming from a family of scientists: "I put my experiments on the page." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"Libraries are much more radical than we give them credit for," says author Celeste Ng. "You can go in and any piece of information is available for you. That was a powerful idea for me as a child."

Watch the livestream conversation: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Celeste Ng on the We Need Diverse Books organization (@diversebooks) and what needs to change in the publishing industry: "We need more diversity. Not just racial diversity, but more viewpoints." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Now that Celeste Ng is done with the book tour for #OurMissingHearts, what is she working on next?

"I'm asking myself that question," she says. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
During her Book Club conversation, Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) discusses the Asian writers whose work she read when she was younger.

📚 Yes, these are pictures of Ng reading as a child. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Celeste Ng discusses artist Nick Orr's #OurMissingHearts cover art: "It's an image of both decay and hope. I think that's what the book is about as well." twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Ng still has some of the earliest stories she wrote when she was a kid. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
That's a wrap on this month's Book Club conversation with author Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing).

Thanks for tuning in! twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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