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Jenny zhang born 1983 is an american writer, poet, and prolific essayist based in brooklyn, new york. May 03, 2018 jenny zhang s astounding short story collection, sour heart, combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness that frequently moves, within single sentences, from overwhelming beauty to abject pain new yorker the writing is vibrant, the smells of the city vivid. Jenny zhangs astounding short story collection, sour heart, combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness that frequently moves, within single sentences, from overwhelming beauty to abject pain new yorker the writing is vibrant, the smells of the city vivid. Enter for your chance to win one of 25 copies of sour heart by jenny zhang. Aug 10, 2017 centred on a community of immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in china and taiwan for the constant struggle of life on the poverty line in 1990s new york city, the stories that make up sour heart examine the many ways that family and history can weigh us down, but also lift us up.

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