River Bend Bookshop's Meghan Hayden discusses 'Thank You, Mr. Nixon' with author Gish Jen for the Book Club. Read takeaways on Boston.com.

For our second pick of 2022, we’re reading our first book of short stories – “Thank You, Mr. Nixon” by Gish Jen. The book is Jen’s ninth, and releases on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The stories ...

In “The Resisters,” Gish Jen’s novel of dystopian America, the have-nots are unemployed and forced to eat food that will kill them. But it’s not all doom and gloom.

Scott Simon talks to writer Gish Jen about her new book of short stories, "Thank You, Mr. Nixon," which deals with cross-cultural understanding — and misunderstanding.

Award-winning author Gish Jen’s latest book of short stories, Thank You, Mr. Nixon, opens in 1972 with President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China and ends in the current COVID-19 pandemic. This ...

Gish Jen’s fans can take some solace when they finish one of her books: The characters might reappear in the next one they read. The protagonist of her 1996 novel, “ Mona in the Promised Land ...

Gish Jen is the author of the novels *Typical American*, *Mona in the Promised Land*, *The Love Wife*, and *Who's Irish*, a book of stories. Her honors include the Lannan Award for Fiction and the ...

GISH JEN: I do think so. I don't think that you need to erase all the particulars of the Chinese-American experience in order to capture the essential American experience.