Disorientation

PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about "Chinese-y" things again. After years of grueling research, she accidentally stumbles upon a curious note in the Chou archives and convinces herself it's her ticket out of ac...

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Main Author: Chou, Elaine Hsieh (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
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Summary:PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about "Chinese-y" things again. After years of grueling research, she accidentally stumbles upon a curious note in the Chou archives and convinces herself it's her ticket out of academic hell. Her clumsy exploits to unravel the note's message lead to an explosive discovery. When her fiancé, Stephen Greene, embarks on a book tour with the super kawaii Japanese author he's translated, Ingrid will have to confront her sticky relationship to white men and white institutions-- and, most of all, herself. -- adapted from jacket
Physical Description:403 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-403).
ISBN:9780593298350
0593298357
Author Notes:Elaine Hsieh Chou is a Taiwanese American writer from California. A former Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow at NYU and NYFA Artist Fellow, her Pushcart Award-winning short fiction appears in Guernica , Black Warrior Review , Tin House Online , Ploughshares , The Atlantic and elsewhere. She is the recipient of the 2023 Fred R. Brown Literary Award. Her short story collection WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM is forthcoming from Penguin Press. Find her at www.elainehsiehchou.com