Nerdette Book Club: 'White Ivy'

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

It’s that time again! This month, we discuss Susie Yang’s best selling debut novel ‘White Ivy’ with author Leland Cheuk (‘No Good Very Bad Asian’) and Barathi Nakkeeran, a New Delhi-based researcher and contributor to the Chicago Review of Books. We talk about class anxiety, anti heroes, and unhappy endings. Plus, we hear from a bunch of you! It’s a pretty good time!

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0:00.0	This fall, WB Easy invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:09.0	Check out the full calendar now at WB Easy.org slash events.
0:17.0	From WB Easy Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson and this is the Nerd At Book Club.
0:21.0	This month's selection is White Ivy.
0:24.0	It's Susie Yang's novel about a woman who will do anything to be with the man of her dreams.
0:29.0	That is obviously an extremely simplified version of the story.
0:33.0	We're gonna dig into it much more intensely.
0:36.0	But first, here is your spoiler warning.
0:38.0	If you haven't read White Ivy yet, go listen to the spoiler free author interview that is in the feed now.
0:44.0	Otherwise, if you have read the book and you're okay with spoilers, welcome.
0:49.0	We are so glad to have you.
0:50.0	Our panel this month is a great one.
0:52.0	First up, we have Leland Chuck.
0:54.0	He's written several books himself, including most recently a novel called No Good Very Bad Asian.
0:59.0	He also wrote the review of White Ivy for the Washington Post.
1:02.0	Leland, welcome.
1:03.0	Thank you. Thank you for having me.
1:04.0	We also have Barthi Nikirin.
1:06.0	She's a researcher in New Delhi and she reviewed White Ivy for the Chicago Review of Books.
1:11.0	Barthi, hello.
1:12.0	Hi, thank you for having me.
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