Join us at UNSW for a conversation with New York based poet, writer and performer Jenny Zhang. Zhang’s recent short story collection Sour Hearts, explores an immigrant Chinese American community through the eyes of a series of young girls.
The UNSW Bookshop will have copies of Sour Hearts on sale at the event, and Jenny will be signing books.
Location: Io Myers Studio, UNSW (Building D9) Venue Map
Presented by UNSW Arts & Social Sciences.
UNSW Arts & Social Sciences are a proud major partner of the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Our partnership with the Sydney Writers’ Festival is built on our commitment to exploring big ideas, creating new knowledge, and tackling critical social issues.
Jenny Zhang is the author of the short story collection Sour Heart, the poetry collection Dear Jenny, We Are All Find, and the e-book, The Selected Jenny Zhang. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, N+1, Harper's, Poetry, New York Magazine and elsewhere. Her essay, "How It Feels" was nominated for a National Magazine Award. She holds degrees from Stanford University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She was born in Shanghai and grew up in New York City, where she currently resides.
