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Comment: This is too heavily dependent on primary sources that are not support for notability. For example, you do not make a writer notable enough for a Wikipedia article by referencing his books to their own publication details on the self-published websites of their own publishers -- you make a writer notable enough for a Wikipedia article by referencing his books to third-party media coverage about his books, such as book reviews by professional literary critics and other articles about him in media.
And while there is some media coverage here, after the primary sourcing is discounted most of what's left for proper media sourcing is short blurbs and interviews where he's talking about himself, which are acceptable for use but not enough for a WP:GNG pass by themselves if they're all he has for reliable source coverage.
He's not a hopeless topic -- in fact, he's already been listed at WP:CANQUEER as a potential future article topic for years -- but the sourcing needs to be better than this before it can actually be accepted. We need to see more sources that represent other people writing about and analyzing the significance of his work in the third person, such as reviews of the books in newspapers and literary magazines. Bearcat (talk) 15:45, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
David Kingston Yeh | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | MA, Cultural Sociology at Queen's University |
| Website | https://www.davidkingstonyeh.com/ |
David Kingston Yeh is a Canadian author, educator, and LGBTQ2S counsellor currently based in Toronto.[1][2] He is the author of short fiction and most notably for the Boy at the Edge series.[3][4][5]
Yeh grew up in Kingston, Ontario and graduated from Queen's University with an MA in cultural sociology.[1][5] He has also graduated from George Brown Theatre School and studied in Saas Fee, Switzerland for Advanced Graduate Studies in Expressive Arts.[6][1]
Yeh and his work has been extensively covered by CBC Books, including their "Writers to Watch" list in 2018 and has been selected as a reader for the CBC Short Story Prize.[4][7][8][9][10]
Boy at the Edge Series
edit| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| A Boy at the Edge of the World | February 28, 2018[12] |
| Tales From the Bottom of my Sole | October 1, 2020[13] |
| The B-Side of David Garneau | October 1, 2023[14] |
Yeh's best known and most recent work is the Boy at the Edge trilogy, which follows David Garneau, an adolescent gay hockey player and his experiences with love, friendship, and coming to terms with his identity.[12]
The series is set in Toronto in the 2000s, which David has stated he has "personal ties" to. In an interview, Yeh stated that, "Toronto is where I found community and family, and where I “grew up” as a gay man".[15]
The Boy at the Edge Trilogy follows David from his first year in university and spans his twenties. Yeh expressed his motivation to write about a young adult rather than a teenager figuring out their sexuality, stating "There’s already a wealth of YA literature addressing sexual and gender identity issues. Writing The B-Side of Daniel Garneau, I wanted to connect with a more mature, twenty-something readership".[12][16] The first novel, A Boy at the Edge of the World, is described as a "a coming-of-age novel that explores the variegations of sex, intimacy, and queer desire. It is both a rollicking dramedy and a philosophical reflection," where David traverses the challenges of adolescence and the search for family.[12] The trilogy continues with these themes throughout and the introduction of new characters and David's relationships with them make up much of the change and conflict of the series.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "David Kingston Yeh – Asian Heritage in Canada". Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "CAOONL|ncf10366681". viaf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "David Kingston Yeh". Guernica Editions. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ a b "Why David Kingston Yeh's debut novel, A Boy at the Edge of the World, explores 'sex, love and intimacy'". CBC Radio. January 21, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Congress, The Library of. "Yeh, David Kingston - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "David Kingston Yeh – Alllitup.ca". Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ a b "Tales from the Bottom of My Sole". CBC Books. August 31, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "The B-Side of Daniel Garneau By David Kingston Yeh". CBC Books. August 23, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "18 writers to watch in 2018". CBC Books. June 8, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Meet the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize readers". CBC Books. April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "David Kingston Yeh". Guernica Editions. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ a b c d "A Boy at the Edge of the World". Guernica Editions. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "Tales from the Bottom of My Sole". Guernica Editions. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "The B-Side of Daniel Garneau". Guernica Editions. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ Yeh, David Kingston; Editions, Guernica. "David Kingston Yeh on Writing as Channeling, Toronto's Liminality, & the Wisdom of Woolf". open-book.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Fisher, James M. (2023-12-17). "Why I Wrote This Book Issue #20". The Miramichi Reader. Retrieved 2024-02-07.