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Jenny Zhang is a celebrated poet, essayist, and fiction writer whose work explores the complexities of identity, race, and the immigrant experience. Born in Shanghai and raised in the United States, her voice resonates with authenticity and vulnerability, drawing from her own life experiences. Zhang’s acclaimed collections, including "Dear Jenny, We Are All Find" and "Sour Heart," have garnered critical praise for their sharp insights and emotional depth. With her unique perspective, she continues to inspire readers and fellow writers alike.
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"Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these things can qualify or disqualify you from attaining myriad American dreams: love, fluency, citizenship, legitimacy, acceptance, success, freedom."
Jenny Zhang"People who have very devastating lives sometimes have the most wild, avant-garde humor. It's like when you've seen it all and been through it all, nothing is off-limits in a way."
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"Asian American success is often presented as something of a horror - robotic, unfeeling machines psychotically hellbent on excelling, products of abusive tiger parenting who care only about test scores and perfection, driven to succeed without even knowing why."
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"I went to school in California, at Stanford when I was seventeen, and I lived in San Francisco until I was twenty-three, and then I lived in Hungary for, like, a summer, and then I went to Iowa for three years. At Iowa, I actually did the fiction program, not poetry. I was a fiction writer for a long time before I was 'out' as a poet."
Jenny Zhang"I just submitted what I had to the 'Octopus Books' contest open reading period, and they said they wanted to publish my poetry book. Then I started to publish more and more poetry because people would ask me to do readings or ask me submit something for their journal."
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