The Division of Student Engagement, Success, and Diversity (SESD) is thrilled to invite the Simmons community to join NYT bestselling author Rebecca F. Kuang for a keynote, Q&A, and book signing on Monday, October 7!
- Author Keynote and Q&A: 5:00 - 6:00 PM (In-Person and Zoom)
- Book Signing (Ticketed): 6:00 - 7:00 PM (In-Person)
This event is free and open to Simmons University students, alumnae/i, faculty, and staff. Registration will open on September 7. Please note that this is a ticketed event. In-person seating and book signing tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
About the Author
Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Chinese literature, and Asian American literature.
The Community Read is sponsored by the Division of Student Engagement, Success, and Diversity, the Jennifer Eckert Center for Leadership and Engagement, the Provost's Office, and the Simmons University Library. This initiative is made possible through a generous donation from Eileen Friars '72.
Email [email protected] for more information.