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Article: Author shares personal struggles over cultural identity
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- March 25, 2008
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Katherin Hannafin
University Wire
03-25-2008
(The Daily Campus) (UWIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- Brian Leung, assistant professor at the University of Louisville and award-winning writer of fiction, shared personal struggles with cultural identity and tied them to themes in his newest novel, "Lost Men," at the slAAM! book reading Tuesday.
"I am not unaware of how I look," Leung began. "When I accepted the award for [his previous novel] in New York I said, 'I know what you're thinking. Who's that white guy, and where's the Chinese guy that wrote the book? I have had to spend a large part of my life struggling with and defending my cultural identity because of my appearance."
Leung's father is from ...