Prairie Fire’s Short Fiction Contest, the Canadian Authors’ Association (Toronto) National Writing Contest, the ILS/Fence Fiction Contest, the Masters Review’s Novel Excerpt Contest, the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Contest, among others.
Her debut novel is The Immortal Woman.
At Electric Lit Chang tagged nine books that "offer a diverse range of Chinese immigrant experiences in North America, weaving together tales of aspiration, adaptation, and identity across generations." One title on the list:
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine ThienRead about the other books on the list at Electric Lit.
In present-day Vancouver, a young woman embarks on a journey to untangle the history of her broken family, guided by her connection with a girl from China. Their fathers, both musicians, shared lives that were deeply entwined during the Cultural Revolution, leaving generational reverberations that shape the present. . This sweeping, politically charged novel, grounded in years of meticulous research, offers a kaleidoscope of insights into the Chinese psyche. Deeply personal yet universally resonant, it vividly captures the minutiae of life within China while transcending cultural and geographic boundaries.
--Marshal Zeringue
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