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Literati is thrilled to welcome Michelle Yang to celebrate the release of Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love. She'll be joined in conversation by Grace Talusan.https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/michelle-yang-phoenix-girl
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
6:30 PM
About The Book:
After Michelle emigrates to the U.S. from the tight-knit ethnic Chinese enclave in Incheon, South Korea, she must adapt quickly to survive. With a dominant, impulsive father in charge—who protects the family from everyone but himself—and a mother who never finds her power, Michelle craves safety and security.
Like tumbleweeds, Michelle and her family bump across the country in a Ford Dixie van before settling in Phoenix, Arizona. Working at their family-owned Chinese takeout restaurant by age 12, Michelle drowns in pressures beyond her age.
Ultimately, Michelle finds love, not only the romantic kind, but an enduring self-love, which allows her to heal, never give up, and thrive while successfully managing what later becomes a bipolar 1 diagnosis.
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Michelle Yang is an advocate whose writings on the intersection of Asian American identity, body image, and mental health have been featured in NBC News, CNN, InStyle, and Reader’s Digest. Michelle has also been featured on NPR, Washington Post, and The Seattle Times for her advocacy. She loves exploring new parts of her new home state of Michigan with her family and smoking up the kitchen with spicy recipes. You can find her on michelleyangwriter.com or on Instagram @michelleyangwriter
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Grace Talusan teaches writing at Brown University and is on the board of the National Book Critics Circle. Her memoir, The Body Papers, won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing and the Massachusetts Book Award in Nonfiction. Born in the Philippines, raised in New England, she currently lives outside of Boston.
Event address:
124 E. Washington
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
For more events, please see: https://www.michelleyangwriter.com/events/
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Literati Bookstore, 124 E Washington St,Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
