24 Podcast Episodes
Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen
Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen
Building tension in stories is part of writing good fiction writing, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do—and it also r... Read more
13 Mar 2023
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43mins
Gish Jen, "Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories" (Knopf, 2022)
Gish Jen, "Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories" (Knopf, 2022)
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon stepped off a plane in Beijing: a visit that changed the course of China, the U... Read more
7 Jul 2022
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31mins
Gish Jen, "Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories" (Knopf, 2022)
Gish Jen, "Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories" (Knopf, 2022)
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon stepped off a plane in Beijing: a visit that changed the course of China, the U... Read more
7 Jul 2022
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31mins
Gish Jen, "Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories" (Knopf, 2022)
Gish Jen, "Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories" (Knopf, 2022)
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon stepped off a plane in Beijing: a visit that changed the course of China, the U... Read more
7 Jul 2022
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31mins
Book Lust with Nancy Pearl Featuring Gish Jen
Book Lust with Nancy Pearl Featuring Gish Jen
Gish Jen joins Nancy Pearl to discuss recent reads, writing short stories, and the origins of her first name (she wasn't... Read more
16 Jun 2022
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29mins
289. Gish Jen with Daniel Tam-Claiborne: Thank You, Mr. Nixon
289. Gish Jen with Daniel Tam-Claiborne: Thank You, Mr. Nixon
In 1972, Richard Nixon made a historic visit to China. The trip broke 25 years of silence between the U.S. and China, pa... Read more
26 May 2022
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58mins
THANK YOU, MR. NIXON by Gish Jen, read by Justin Chien, Catherine Ho, Annie Q, Eunice Wong
THANK YOU, MR. NIXON by Gish Jen, read by Justin Chien, Catherine Ho, Annie Q, Eunice Wong
A quartet of narrators excels in delivering Gish Jen’s linked stories, which chronicle the years since Nixon’s 1972 visi... Read more
21 Apr 2022
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6mins
Gish Jen Reads Grace Paley
Gish Jen Reads Grace Paley
Gish Jen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Friends,” by Grace Paley, which was published in The New Yorker in ... Read more
1 Mar 2022
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59mins
Gish Jen Explores U.S.-China Ties in 'Thank You, Mr. Nixon'
Gish Jen Explores U.S.-China Ties in 'Thank You, Mr. Nixon'
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s historic visit to China, a multi-day diplomatic tour that kick... Read more
18 Feb 2022
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41mins
BPR Book Club: Don Lemon, David Byrne, Gish Jen, and More
BPR Book Club: Don Lemon, David Byrne, Gish Jen, and More
Today we’re on tape, replaying some of our favorite conversations with a focus on author interviews. CNN’s Don Lemon di... Read more
2 Jul 2021
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2hr 39mins