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  1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2017 19:30:45 EST Nate Cull Nate Cull

    Korean-American writer Leonard Chang had a novel rejected because his characters didn't seem 'Asian enough':

    http://www.booklistreader.com/2017/05/30/books-and-authors/publishing-u-how-do-i-keep-my-head-up-while-finding-a-publisher/

    <<We get too much of the minutiae of [the characters’] lives and none of the details that separate Koreans and Korean-Americans from the rest of us. For example, in the scene when she looks into the mirror, you don’t show how she sees her slanted eyes, or how she thinks of her Asianness.>>

    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Nov-2017 19:30:45 EST from mastodon.social permalink
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