--- title: "1 American poetry Quotes By Jenny Zhang" description: "1 American poetry quotes by Jenny Zhang. Plus more from Jenny Zhang and more American poetry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/jenny-zhang-7725_american_the-historical-legacy-of-the-best-americ_2206533.jpg" --- > [The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few instances where they've selected poems by non-white poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/the-historical-legacy-of-the-best-american-poetry-is-they-ve-had-very/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/jenny-zhang-7725_american_the-historical-legacy-of-the-best-americ_2206533.jpg) ## Other authors on American poetry - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daisy-fuentes-25962.jpg) Amy King 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-poetry/amy-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-diane-wakoski-29286.jpg) Diane Wakoski 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-poetry/diane-wakoski/) ## More by Jenny Zhang > [I grew up in a Chinese American enclave where the person who lived down the street had literally lived down the street from my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/i-grew-up-in-a-chinese-american-enclave-where-the-person-who-lived/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [I think it was really important for me before I 'debuted myself' in front of the world to have a private life with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/i-think-it-was-really-important-for-me-before-i-debuted-myself-in/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [When it comes to love, maturity often gets a bad rap - second love is boring; it's practical. It's what our parents feel for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/when-it-comes-to-love-maturity-often-gets-a-bad-rap-second-love-is/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [I seem to be drawn to these smaller forms, and I seem to be drawn to things that can be written and also read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/i-seem-to-be-drawn-to-these-smaller-forms-and-i-seem-to-be-drawn-to/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [Asian American success is often presented as something of a horror - robotic, unfeeling machines psychotically hellbent on excelling, products of abusive tiger parenting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/asian-american-success-is-often-presented-as-something-of-a-horror/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [When I was writing stories about Chinese American characters in my fiction classes, I'd get comments like, 'You should consider writing more universal stories.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/when-i-was-writing-stories-about-chinese-american-characters-in-my/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [I wish it wasn't so natural for me to dwell on the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/i-wish-it-wasn-t-so-natural-for-me-to-dwell-on-the-past/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [We lived in one of those half-basement apartments, and on our first night of being in America, someone reached through the grate that protects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/we-lived-in-one-of-those-half-basement-apartments-and-on-our-first/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/that-s-what-people-expect-they-don-t-want-to-read-a-slight-novel/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [My privileged upbringing and education and linguistic fluency gave me such proximity to whiteness that it stung all the more to still find myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/my-privileged-upbringing-and-education-and-linguistic-fluency-gave-me/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [I still catch myself trying to become the object someone imagines me to be, but then there are other times, when I am free,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/i-still-catch-myself-trying-to-become-the-object-someone-imagines-me/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [How do we form a coalition of resistance without obliterating our differences? Not all lives matter, and we are not all the same immigrants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/how-do-we-form-a-coalition-of-resistance-without-obliterating-our/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [It's like a weird mindset to wake up and want to be wanted. Like, I want to be wanted so much already... and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/it-s-like-a-weird-mindset-to-wake-up-and-want-to-be-wanted-like-i/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [Does self-acceptance ultimately require another person, or is there a kind of love that does not dabble in the dream of a perfect twinship?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/does-self-acceptance-ultimately-require-another-person-or-is-there-a/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) > [It's okay if someone is disgusted or offended by my performance. It's just a performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/it-s-okay-if-someone-is-disgusted-or-offended-by-my-performance-it-s/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-poetry/jenny-zhang/#itemlist", "name": "1 American poetry Quotes By Jenny Zhang", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. 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