Author R. F. Kuang spoke at the Brattle Theatre on Nov. 12 to support the paperback release of her 2022 historical fantasy novel “Babel.” In a world where translation magic and silver bars are ...

From the complex heroine Fang Runin in the award-winning “Poppy War” series and the introverted academic Robin Swift in “Babel” to the sardonic June Hayward in “Yellowface,” Kuang has ...