Gish Jen

Book Review: “Thank You, Mr. Nixon” — East Meets West, Again and Again

February 1, 2022
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The author of The Resisters returns with a timely collection of stories about the connections and contradictions linking America and China.

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Author Interview: Gish Jen on “The Resisters”

February 13, 2020
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Gish Jen’s new novel asks, Is ambition worthwhile in a world without justice?

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Book Review: “The Girl at the Baggage Claim” – An Exploration of Avocado Pits and In(ter)dependent Selves

April 22, 2017
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What could easily have become a dense, jargon-filled work of cultural psychology instead reads like a thoughtful conversation.

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Book Review: A House of Many Doors — Gish Jen’s Tiger Writing

April 17, 2013
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Moving restlessly between independence and interdependence in style and content, the lecture captures the changeling quality that Gish Jen associates with those who must creatively manage multiple cultural influences.

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Judicial Review #3: Gish Jen’s World and Town [Updated2x]

November 23, 2010
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Gish Jen’s novel about New England small-town life in the new millennium, “World and Town,” has just come out in a paperback. We greeted the hardback edition of the book with a Judicial Review, a fresh approach to creating a conversational, critical space about the arts. It is a good time to highlight the innovative approach again. The aim is to combine editorial integrity with the community—making power of interactivity.

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