Charles Yu accepts the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for INTERIOR CHINATOWN

The National Book Award for Fiction was presented by panel chair Roxane Gay.
Also featured, National Book Awards Ceremony host Jason Reynolds and voice over by Natasha Lyonne.
INTERIOR CHINATOWN, by Charles Yu
Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House
www.nationalbook.org/awards2020

[@talkingtaiwan]

Wonderful and genuine impromptu acceptance speech from Charles Yu, a great story-teller. Well-deserved win!

[@divashalo242]

that was such an incredibly humble speech. you could tell Charles was unprepared for the win, by the lack of structure in his speech, the way his tie had already been undone... so moving