Jenny Zhang

Sour Heart

Chinese immigrant children navigate poverty, racism, and belonging in 1990s New York

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Jenny Zhang
Jenny Zhang

Chinese-American author and poet whose debut collection Sour Heart explores Chinese immigrant family life in New York with fierce, funny, and heartbreaking intimacy. Her work has been widely praised for its formal boldness. She is one of the most exciting young voices in Asian-American literature.

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