ALTA MAGAZINE & BOOKS INC. PRESENT CHIA-CHIA LIN and VANESSA HUA

Chia-Chia Lin and Vanessa Hua are each emerging as significant literary voices with critically lauded first novels. Lin’s work, The Unpassing, explores community, identity, and the myth of the American dream through an immigrant family in Alaska. It has been hailed as “an important book” by the New York Times and a “compelling debut” by Hua in her review for Alta. Hua’s A River of Stars was named by both the Washington Post and NPR as one of the Best Books of 2018. The book follows the journey of a pregnant Chinese woman as she makes her way to California and stakes a claim to the American dream. Join Alta and Books Inc. as we bring Lin and Hua in conversation together to discuss their work, their inspiration, and whatever else strikes their fancy in this intimate event.