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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Thank You, Mr. Nixon
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Typical American
Who's Irish?

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Thank You, Mr. Nixon
The Resisters
The Girl at the Baggage Claim
Typical American
Who's Irish?

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HARVARD BOOK STORE
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CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-3820
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476 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
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YU AND ME BOOKS
44 MULBERRY ST
NEW YORK, NY 10013-4364
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Politics & Prose @ Union Market
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Washington, DC 20002
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Mon Oct 27 | 07:00 PM
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SEATTLE, WA 98122-3806
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162 Waverly Place
San Francisco,, CA 94102
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