Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (2003) Winner
Jess Row
ジェス・ロウ
Jesu Rō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974-10-25 （Washington, D.C.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Zen Buddhism
- Residence History
- Washington, D.C. → Hong Kong → New Jersey → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 1997-2025
- Affiliations
- The College of New Jersey, New York University, Vermont College of Fine Arts
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | — | English | B.A. | — | United States |
| University of Michigan | — | Creative Writing | M.F.A. | — | United States |
Yale University
English
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
University of Michigan
Creative Writing
Degree:
M.F.A.
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
United States
Taught English in Hong Kong for two years before enrollment
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Whiting Award | — | Fiction | Whiting Foundation | Winner |
| — | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | Fellowship |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Fellow |
| 2018 | Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant | White Flights | Creative Nonfiction | Whiting Foundation | Grantee |
Whiting Award
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
Winner
Pushcart Prize
Result:
Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
Fellow
Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
2018
Work:
White Flights
Category:
Creative Nonfiction
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
Grantee
Awards & Nominations
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2006) Runner-up
Works
Major Works
The Train to Lo Wu
2005 Short story collectionA collection of short stories set in Hong Kong.
IdentityCross-cultural
Your Face in Mine
2014 NovelA novel exploring racial reassignment surgery against the backdrop of post-industrial Baltimore.
RaceIdentity
White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination
2019 EssaysEssays on race, fiction, and the American imagination.
RaceLiterature
The New Earth
2023 NovelA novel titled The New Earth.
Bibliography
- The Train to Lo Wu
- Nobody Ever Gets Lost
- Your Face in Mine
- White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination
- The New Earth
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Sophisticated proseExploration of race themes
- Recurring Motifs
- Racial identityCross-cultural encounters
Legacy
Known as an American writer exploring themes of race and identity.
Trivia
- Taught English in Hong Kong for two years.
- Practitioner of Zen Buddhism.