When I was a graduate student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for fiction writing, I felt both coveted and hated. My white… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these… — Jenny Zhang American dream Copy Share Image
“From that point on, I would refer to him as "your uncle" and he would mostly refer to me as "your aunt"… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
Chinese people of my parents' generation who lived through the Cultural Revolution knew so much of death at such a young age,… — Jenny Zhang Age Copy Share Image
“[…] until we were living hour to hour, minute to minute, and even then, I still believed in my father, who insisted… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
Growing up, I had a face that people wanted to tell things to, and I grew up with adults who had so… — Jenny Zhang Chaos Copy Share Image
Once I decided I was happy with something, I'd try to send it off into the world, and either someone would want… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
It's weird for me to say I'm lucky when I can't go into a bookstore and have more than five choices if… — Jenny Zhang Asian american Copy Share Image