{"id":52347,"date":"2017-10-23T18:12:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T23:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=52347"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:16:43","slug":"uwm-hosts-two-national-book-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-hosts-two-national-book-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM hosts two National Book Award finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/nba2017.html#.We5rNkyZNcA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Book Award finalists<\/a> visited UWM in the span of one week to talk with faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n<p>UWM hosted a talk on Sept. 28 with Min Jin Lee, whose novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/nba2017-finalist-fic-lee-pachinko.html#.We50REyZNEI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPachinko\u201d<\/a> is a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. Students, faculty and staff were able to ask her questions about her work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52350\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52350\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/10\/MinJinLee-UWM_Asian_Studies_event300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"People sit in chairs while discussing books.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Min Jin Lee (left), whose novel \u201cPachinko\u201d is a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, talks during a visit to UWM. With her are Nan Kim, associate professor of history at UWM, and Liam Callanan, associate professor of English. (So Hyung Lim photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her novel follows multiple generations of a Korean immigrant family in 20th-century Japan as its characters grapple with the meaning of family, questions of identity, and challenges of belonging in the face of discrimination and displacement.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian studies program and the Center for International Education sponsored the event, and the creative writing and public history programs co-presented.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Oct. 4, UWM hosted a public talk with Nancy MacLean, whose book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/nba2017-finalist-nf-maclean-democracy-in-chains.html#.We50RUyZNEI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDemocracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right\u2019s Stealth Plan for America\u201d<\/a> is a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Her book traces the history of how Nobel Prize-winning economist James McGill Buchanan formulated his theories in the wake of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of History and the UWM chapter of the American Association of University Professors co-sponsored the event.<\/p>\n<p>The National Book Award winners will be announced Nov. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two National Book Award finalists visited UWM in the span of one week to talk with faculty, staff and students. UWM hosted a talk on Sept. 28 with Min Jin Lee, whose novel \u201cPachinko\u201d is a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. 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