From: Bath Public Library 
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Contact: Lisa Hjelm
Tel: (603) 747-3372

Want to Connect to Other Readers? Join the Bath Book Club!

The Bath Library Book Club will be discussing “Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu on
Monday, May 12 at 5:00 pm at the Bath Public Library. “Interior Chinatown,” a
recent winner of The National Book Award, is both engaging and thought provoking.
The following micro-review by June Sham intriguingly sums up how Yu’s book allows
him to present worthwhile insight into the Asian-American experience.
Willis Wu dreams of the spotlight. However, as a Taiwanese-American—not like
Hollywood cares to differentiate between Asians—there’s only one big role he can get.
So he practices martial arts, perfects his fake accent, and, every day, shows up to play
another random Asian guy in the background of the procedural cop show Black and
White, hoping today will be the day he graduates from Background Oriental Male to
coveted Kung Fu Guy.

Books may be picked up at the Bath Library; hours are Monday and Wednesday
9:00 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm; and Saturday 9:00 am to noon. Anyone
with an interest in reading and conversing about books is welcome to attend. For
information, please contact the library at 603-747-3372 or email
bathlibraryljh@gmail.com