Yu received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on “Westworld.” He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Wired, among other publications. Together with TaiwaneseAmerican.org, he established the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Writing Prizes in honor of his parents.

Yu’s talk is co-sponsored by the Department of English Visiting Writers Series.

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Yu will discuss his approach to writing with Virginia Tech students in a craft talk moderated by Matthew Vollmer, Virginia Tech professor and director of the MFA in creative writing and undergraduate creative writing programs.

Tickets

Tickets are $25 for general admission and $10 for students and youth 18 and under. Tickets can be purchased online; at the Moss Arts Center’s box office, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; or by calling 540-231-5300 during box office hours.

Venue and parking information

The performance will be held in the center’s Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre, located within the Street and Davis Performance Hall at 190 Alumni Mall. Convenient parking is available in the North End Parking Garage on Turner Street and in downtown Blacksburg. Find more parking details online.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Jamie Wiggert at least 10 days prior to the event at 540-231-5300 or email [email protected] during regular business hours.