Gish Jen's work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The New York Times, as well as in numerous textbooks and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories of the Century.
The recipient of grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the National Endowment for the Arts, she has also received a Lannan Award in Literature and a Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her first novel, Typical American, was short-listed for a National Book Critics' Circle Award and featured in a PBS special on the American Novel. She has subsequently published a collection of stories and three novels, the most recent of which is World and Town (Knopf, October 2010).
A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two children.
Gish Jen appears in the following:
Dystopia and Baseball in 'The Resisters'
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Bridging East and West
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Fiction Across Divides
Friday, December 18, 2015
Gish Jen on Her Novel World and Town
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Gish Jen discusses her latest novel, World and Town. It tells the story of Hattie Kong, who has lost both her husband and her best friend to cancer. She moves to a new town and meets up with others looking for a new start.
The Greene Space
A Global Piano and Literary Salon: All Along the Silk Road
Saturday, December 4, 2010
7:00 PM
Immerse yourself in the music, cuisine, and literature of China with pianist Fei-Fei Dong and author Gish Jen. Host Ina Howard-Parker leads the audience in a conversation about this traditional culture and its relationship with the Western world.
Latin American Journalists; 100 Best Books; Women Authors; Birth of Spin; Who's Spinning Who; Lilith Fair
Friday, July 24, 1998
