Growing up Asian American these days means different things to different people.  BCNC Youth Center participants joins Ed Lin, author of David Tung Can’t Have A Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College in a lively conversation about what it is like to be a certain type of an Asian American high school student in the 2020s.

Join us for an evening of readings, sharing, and more. We might even discover how to get straight A’s and have a social life!

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About the Book

Both playful and wryly observant, Ed Lin's YA-debut explores coming-of-age in the Asian diaspora while navigating relationships through race, class, and young love. David Tung, our nerd-hero, is a Chinese American high-school student who works in his family's restaurant, competes for top grades at his regular high school located in an upscale, Asian-majority New Jersey suburb, and attends weekend Chinese school in NYC's working-class Chinatown. While David faces parental pressures to get As and conform to cultural norms and expectations, he's caught up in the complicated world of high school love triangles--and amid these external pressures is the fear he will die alone, whether he gets into Harvard or not!

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About the Artist

Photo Credit: Anrong Xu

Ed Lin, a journalist by training, is the author of several award-winning books: Waylaid, his literary debut; the Robert Chow crime series, set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown (This Is a Bust, Snakes Can’t Run and One Red Bastard); and the Taipei Night Market crime series (Ghost Month, Incensed and 99 Ways to Die). Lin is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. He lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung, and his son.

Contact: Ashley Yung | 617-635-5129