Gish Jen, author portrait
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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

Tue Oct 28 | 05:30 PM
ON WAVERLY in conversation with Jane Smiley
162 Waverly Place
San Francisco,, CA 94102
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Wed Oct 29 | 06:00 PM
BOOK PASSAGE in conversation with Molly Antopol
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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Mon Nov 10 | 02:00 PM
Charleston Literary Festival panel event with Sue Halpern and Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Charleston, SC 
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Wed Nov 12 | 06:00 PM
New York Society Library Members' Room in conversation with Katherine Vaz
53 East 79th St.
New York, NY 10075
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Thu Nov 13 | 07:00 PM
THE ODYSSEY BOOK SHOP in conversation with Ruth Ozeki
9 COLLEGE ST
SOUTH HADLEY, MA 01075-1421
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Sat Nov 22 | 03:00 PM
Miami Book Fair
Miami, FL 
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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

Tue Oct 28 | 05:30 PM
ON WAVERLY in conversation with Jane Smiley
162 Waverly Place
San Francisco,, CA 94102
Google Map

Wed Oct 29 | 06:00 PM
BOOK PASSAGE in conversation with Molly Antopol
51 TAMAL VISTA BLVD
CORTE MADERA, CA 94925-1145
Google Map

Thu Oct 30 | 07:00 PM
Los Angeles Central Library
630 W 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Google Map

Mon Nov 10 | 02:00 PM
Charleston Literary Festival panel event with Sue Halpern and Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Charleston, SC 
Google Map

Wed Nov 12 | 06:00 PM
New York Society Library Members' Room in conversation with Katherine Vaz
53 East 79th St.
New York, NY 10075
Google Map

Thu Nov 13 | 07:00 PM
THE ODYSSEY BOOK SHOP in conversation with Ruth Ozeki
9 COLLEGE ST
SOUTH HADLEY, MA 01075-1421
Google Map

Sat Nov 22 | 03:00 PM
Miami Book Fair
Miami, FL 
Google Map

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