Editing Gish Jen (section)

==Nonfiction==
In 2013 Jen published her first non-fiction book, entitled ''Tiger Writing:  Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self''. Based on the Massey Lectures that Jen delivered at Harvard in 2012, ''Tiger Writing'' explores East–West differences in self construction, and how these affect art and especially literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hup.harvard.edu |title=Home &#124; Harvard University Press |publisher=Hup.harvard.edu |access-date=2014-03-16}}</ref>

Jen's second work of non-fiction is "The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap," published in February 2017.  This is a provocative study of the different ideas Easterners and Westerners have about the self and society and what this means for current debates in art, education, geopolitics, and business.  Drawing on stories and personal anecdotes, as well as recent research in cultural psychology, Jen reveals how this difference shapes what we perceive, remember, say, do, and make – in short, how it shapes everything from our ideas about copying and talking in class to the difference between Apple and Alibaba.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537621/the-girl-at-the-baggage-claim-by-gish-jen| title = The Girl at the Baggage Claim by Gish Jen: 9781101972069 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books}}</ref>

Jen has also published numerous pieces in ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''The New Republic'', among others. In response to the [[2021 Atlanta spa shootings]], Jen penned an op-ed for the ''Times''.<ref>gishjen.com</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/opinion/atlanta-shootings-asian-american.html|title = Opinion &#124; the Generational Split in How Asian-Americans See the Atlanta Shootings|newspaper = The New York Times|date = March 22, 2021|last1 = Jen|first1 = Gish}}</ref>