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Gish Jen

GISH JEN’s most recent novel is THE RESISTERS; she also has a new book coming out in January 2022 entitled THANK YOU, MR. NIXON. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute and the Guggenheim Foundation as well as of a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction and of a Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her short work has appeared in the New Yorker and other magazines, and have been chosen for The Best American Short Stories five times, including The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She delivered the William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies at Harvard University, where she is currently a visiting professor.

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Bad Bad Girl
Thank You, Mr. Nixon
The Resisters
The Girl at the Baggage Claim
World and Town
Typical American
The Love Wife
Who's Irish?
Mona in the Promised Land

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Books

Bad Bad Girl
Thank You, Mr. Nixon
The Resisters
The Girl at the Baggage Claim
World and Town
Typical American
The Love Wife
Who's Irish?
Mona in the Promised Land

Events

Sun Oct 19 | 06:00 PM
HARVARD BOOK STORE
1256 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-3820
Google Map

Tue Oct 21 | 07:00 PM
YU AND ME BOOKS
44 MULBERRY ST
NEW YORK, NY 10013-4364
Google Map

Thu Oct 23 | 07:00 PM
Politics & Prose @ Union Market
1324 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
Google Map

Mon Oct 27 | 07:00 PM
ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO
1521 10TH AVE
SEATTLE, WA 98122-3806
Google Map

Tue Oct 28 | 06:00 PM
BOOK PASSAGE
51 TAMAL VISTA BLVD
CORTE MADERA, CA 94925-1145
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Thu Oct 30 | 07:00 PM
Los Angeles Central Library
630 W 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
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