Interview With Author Jennie Wang

 

 

1. What inspired you to write this book?

Teaching Asian American Literature for a couple of decades in and outside of United States, I am inspired by my students' enthusiasm, their expectation and earnest request for me to tell my stories, share my knowledge about China, its culture and tradition, the Cultural Revolution etc. See the opening of Introduction in the book.

 

2. What exactly is it about and who is it written for?

College students and professors in English Humanities.

 

3. What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book?

Know how to educate yourself under hard circumstances.

 

4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover design?

The title takes after the book The Education of Henry Adams, and the cover is an old photo of myself and my relative, she is dressed in white Western style, and I in classical Chinese, wearing a pair of pearl hairpins, rare at the time

 

5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!?

Believe in what you do, pursue what is True.

 

6. What trends in the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading? 

Socialist China, the Cultural Revolution, the meaning of education, youth revolt and self-education

 

7. Were there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book? 

Yes, very much so, I wrote this book to be used as a textbook in English classes, as I had been teaching, not only in Asian American Literature, but mostly in Critical and Analytical Writing . The book includes a Reading Guide for critical thinking. 

 

8. How would you describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to?

Ironic. Maxine Hong Kingston, Scott Fitsgerald, Kurt Vonnegut.Jr.

 

9. What challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book?

 The Hamlet Complex, to expose my mother's adultery. To recall the horrid past.

 

10. If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours?

It tells the truth of the Cultural Revolution, with a viewpoint that is independent, neither left nor right, amidst the politics of today's world, and how to survive sane and sound. A must read for Liberal Art college students.  

About The Author: Jennie Wang is an educator, independent thinker, Professor of American Literature and a critic. Versed in literatures both East and West, classical and modern, she is the author of several books and numerous academic articles, including two monographs and two transnational memoirs—“The Education of Jennie Wang” (2015) and "License Plate Number One" (2018). After a decade of teaching abroad, she has brought back her transnational heritage to share. A volume of poems, a film script, a trilogy of memoir of immigrant experience, and a collection of critical essays are on her publishing agenda. Film makers and producers are welcome to contact her via email: bilingualacademypress@gmail.com. For more info, please see: www.bilingualacademypress.com

 

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