Lillian Jen (1955-08-12) August 12, 1955 (age 68)[1] Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Writer, speaker
Nationality
American
Education
Harvard University (BA) Stanford Graduate School of Business Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)
Period
1986 – 21st century
Genre
novel
Notable works
Typical American Mona in the Promised Land The Love Wife Who's Irish? World and Town Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap The Resisters Thank You, Mr. Nixon
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Paradise has received mixed reviews. Critics praised the book as "ambitious". GishJen, in The New York Times, wrote that the novel "[tackled] major American...
World and Town is a novel by GishJen that follows a Chinese American widow and her friendship with a family of Cambodian immigrants. The novel describes...
name is DAVID COPPERFIELD.") 1962 (reprinted 2006 with an afterword by GishJen) US, Signet Classics ISBN 0-451-53004-7. Includes passages deleted for...
more than a year and a half. Reviewing the book in The New York Times, GishJen said Ko's book "has taken the headlines and reminded us that beyond them...
Photographer Short 2013 Family Gathering Co-producer Short 2013 Yellow Face GishJen 2013 Uncle Bart Mrs. Park Short 2014 Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy Special Thanks...
Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Read fables by Aesop and La Fontaine GishJen (3 Jan 2011). "Three Modern Fables to Capture Your Imagination" (Audio...
family. Part II introduces Polly’s story. Writing for The New York Times, GishJen praised the novel for taking the headline-news of immigration and “remind[ing]...
(1960), Educator, Administrator, Lawyer Andy Jassy (1986), CEO of Amazon GishJen (1974), novelist Kenneth I. Juster (1972), government official, lawyer...
Grieve, as well as Annabeth Gish as Deirdre Mayfair, Beth Grant as Carlotta Mayfair, Erica Gimpel as Ellie Mayfair and Jen Richards as Jojo, in recurring...
(张恨棠/木云) – writer and labor organizer David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫) – playwright GishJen (任璧蓮) – writer, novelist Ha Jin (哈金) – novelist, winner of the National...
Sky GishJen Thank You, Mr. Nixon Chelene Knight Junie Tsering Yangzom Lama We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies Namwali Serpell The Furrows 2024 Jen Sookfong...
Ray Suarez, Visiting Professor; American broadcast journalist and author GishJen, Visiting Professor of Literature; American author and speaker; member...
winner of the American Book Award and former poet laureate of Oregon GishJen – writer, novelist Ha Jin – novelist, winner of the National Book Award...
Winner Norman Rush Mating Finalist Richard Powers The Gold Bug Variations GishJen Typical American Louis Begley Wartime Lies 1992 Cormac McCarthy All the...
Speaker (1997). Currently active and acclaimed Chinese American authors are GishJen, Jean Kwok, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, and Sandra Tsing Loh. Shawn Wong's novel...
Barbadian historian August 12 Heintje Simons, Dutch singer and actor GishJen, American fiction writer August 13 – Daryl, American magician (d. 2017)...
writing. Some authors had never had work published before, others, such as GishJen, were relatively well-known and well-regarded writers with popular publications...
Pretense Amit Varma My Friend, Sancho 2009 (3rd) Judging panel: Colm Tóibín GishJen Pankaj Mishra Winner Su Tong The Boat to Redemption (河岸) Chinese (Howard...
Ann Duffy (born 1955) Paula Meehan (born 1955) Rebecca Brown (born 1956) GishJen (born 1956) Jeanette Winterson (born 1959) Margaret Edson (born 1961) Jackie...
United Kingdom Amy Chua, author and professor of law Amy Tan, author GishJen, author Ha Jin, author Helen Zia, journalist Iris Chang, journalist and...
History T.R. Hummer Poetry Linda Hutcheon Humanities Literary Criticism GishJen Fiction Flip Johnson Creative Arts Film Gregory Jusdanis Humanities Near...