Brooklynite pens illuminating debut story collection
Brooklyn BookBeat
You might be familiar with Jenny Zhang’s work — she is a Brooklyn-based writer who has written for Rookie Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine and Buzzfeed. Her short story collection “Sour Heart” is the first title in Lena Dunham’s and Jenni Konner’s new Lenny imprint. She is also the author of the poetry collection “Dear Jenny, We Are All Find.” She holds degrees from both Stanford and the Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop.
“Sour Heart,” Zhang’s debut story collection, is an illuminating and provocative collection of seven stories that reveal — through their poetic energy, depth of observation and intimate exploration of identity and family — what it means to come of age in a society that can’t quite comprehend your unique experience.