Representation and Intersectional Identities in Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62704/637yjt97

Keywords:

historical YA fiction, Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, LGBTQ+ identities, Chinese-American identities, Red Scare, Lavendar Scare, STEM

Abstract

The author reviews multi-award-winning YA novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021) by Malinda Lo, providing a summary, essential questions, and teaching ideas.

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Author Biography

  • Katherine Mason Cramer, Wichita State University

    Katherine (Katie) Mason Cramer, Ph.D. (she/her) is in her 17th year as Program Chair and Professor of English Education in Wichita State University’s School of Education. Prior to earning her doctorate, Katie was a middle school English teacher in Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools. She has been a member of KATE and on the Executive Board since moving back to Kansas (from Arizona and Georgia) in 2010, and she has served as Editor of Kansas English since 2017. Under her leadership, Kansas English has been honored with NCTE’s Affiliate Journal of Excellence Award in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Katie’s research and publications center the use of young adult literature to recognize, affirm, and teach diverse genders and sexualities in ELA classrooms and curricula. She can be reached at Katie.Cramer@wichita.edu.

References

Kansas English, vol. 107

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Published

2026-06-30

Issue

Vol. 107 (2026)

Section

Young Adult (YA) Book Reviews

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Representation and Intersectional Identities in Last Night at the Telegraph Club. (2026). Kansas English, 107. https://doi.org/10.62704/637yjt97