Jessica Zhan Mei Yu Jessica Zhan Mei Yu i(16053272 works by)
Writing name for: Jessica Yu
Gender: Female
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1 Shelf Reflection : Jessica Zhan Mei Yu Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2023;
1 But the Girl : An Extract Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , 2023 extract novel (But the Girl)
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2023;
2 5 y separately published work icon But the Girl Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , Camberwell : Hamish Hamilton , 2023 26224453 2023 single work novel

'Irreverent, witty and wise, But the Girl is a campus novel set off campus, and a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your family behind

'I used to have this line I saved and brought out for grant applications and writers festivals - that having been Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina and Esther Greenwood all my life, my writing was an opportunity for the reader to have to be me

'Girl was born on the very day her parents and grandmother immigrated from Malaysia to Australia. The story goes that her mother held on tight to her pelvic muscles in an effort to gift her the privilege of an Australian passport. But it's hard to be the embodiment of all your family's hopes and dreams, especially in a country that's hostile to your very existence.

'When Girl receives a scholarship to travel to the UK, she is finally free for the first time. In the gilded rooms of London and then Scotland she is meant to be working on a PhD on Sylvia Plath and writing a postcolonial novel. But Girl can't stop thinking about her upbringing and the stories of the people who raised her. How can she reconcile their expectations with her lived reality? Did Sylvia Plath have this problem? What even is a 'postcolonial novel'? And what if the story of becoming yourself is not about carving out a new identity, but learning to understand the people who made you who you are?' (Publication summary)

1 Donald Trump i "My husband he saw an article about his", Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 December no. 107 2022;
1 All the Stain Is Tender : The Asian Deluge and White Australia Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: The White Review , March no. 30 2021;
1 Tongue Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Collisions : Fictions of the Future : An Anthology of Australian Writers of Colour 2020; (p. 40-52)
1 Writer Alice Pung Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25-31 January 2020;

'More than a decade after her best-selling debut, Unpolished Gem, Alice Pung remains one of Australia’s most beloved authors for her gentle yet forthright prose. She speaks about racism, role models and motherhood. “As a writer, I don’t know if you can really see from another person’s perspective … It is important to try and put yourself in someone else’s shoes, but I’ve realised in the last five years you can never really do it.” By Jessica Zhan Mei Yu.' (Introduction)

1 Renee Zellweger Jessica Zhan Mei Yu , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 8 no. 2 2018; (p. 47)
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