Jennifer Tseng (All reviews)
- Oct 12 2016
#NBCCLeonard Picks #7: Edie Meidav on Jennifer Tseng’s Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness
— The National Book Critic’s Circle - May 19 2016
Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng
— The Hungry Reader - May 5 2016
Fiction Is a Trudge, Poetry Is a Dance: On Poet Novelists
— The Millions - Mar 21 2016
Q&A with Jennifer Tseng
— Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb - Feb 3 2016
PEN Announces Finalists for 2016 Literary Awards
— The New York Times - Dec 13 2015
Sometimes it's best to keep a mystery mysterious
— Pri - Dec 8 2015
Books for Long Winter Nights
— Tufts Now - Dec 1 2015
Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng
— Lonesome Reader - Nov 25 2015
Making a reading list and checking it twice
— The New York Times - Sep 1 2015
Jennifer Tseng reads from and discusses MAYUMI in Papercuts J.P. Bookstore blog podcast
— Papercuts J.P. - Jul 19 2015
"This story seems to be as much about isolation and what we do—or don’t do—to overcome it as it is about fulfilling desires."
— Small Press Picks - Jul 18 2015
"[. . .] one of the most intriguing reads of this year."
— Asian American Literature Fans - Jul 8 2015
"Ms. Tseng’s novel, for all its romance of sorts, and its delicious bouts of humor (much like Mr. Nabokov’s), is serious literature, each sentence so exquisitely rendered as to constantly remind us that she is a poet, an esteemed"
— Martha’s Vineyard Times - Jul 7 2015
MAYUMI AND THE SEA OF HAPPINESS is a finalist for the 2015 New England Book Awards. - Jul 6 2015
"Taboos are Broken, Embraced, and Explored in Jennifer Tseng's Debut Novel"
— Elle.com - Jul 3 2015
"... while moral crisis does play a part in the book, as I wrote I was swept away by other things: desire, pleasure, motherhood, friendship, the passage of time, memory, isolation, connection, and island life."
— TheSaltWaterTwin.com - Jul 2 2015
"The novel is stunning and the dénouement perfect. If you like your narrators wordy, nerdy, funny and lovable, and your sex scenes uncompromising, this is the book for you."
— Nuala O’Connor - Jul 2 2015
15 Beach Reads to Bask In This Summer
— The Huffington Post - Jul 1 2015
"Tseng handles with delicacy and lyricism the complicated situation that develops, as she explores identity, love, and the role of literature in expanding our concept of what we — and our lives — can be.”
— Read Her Like an Open Book blog - Jun 25 2015
When the Real Affair of the Heart Always Leads Back to the Library
— Vineyard Gazette - Jun 24 2015
"Tseng’s exploration is unique by virtue of it being a female obsession, confusing the roles of mother, lover, friend and wife."
— Word by Word - Jun 24 2015
"Her sentences were like Sirens–poetic pathogens made up of words and phrases that lured, serenaded and hummed; that I wanted to get closer to."
— Literary New England - Jun 10 2015
"At her reading last Friday night, the audience brought a palpable excitement with them, and rattled off questions about the plot, the heroine, comparisons with Lolita, and comments about the luxuriously detailed language in Mayumi."
— MV Times - Jun 10 2015
"... this is a book for book lovers but it's also a book about life and personal growth."
— The Literary Stew - Jun 7 2015
"6 Unsung Novels You Should Read this Summer" by Suzanne McGee
— The Fiscal Times - Jun 3 2015
25 Featured Books by Authors of Color at BEA: MAYUMI AND THE SEA OF HAPPINESS - Jun 2 2015
"If you want your story to catch fire, raise the stakes. Go walking in the snow."
— Glimmertrain - May 28 2015
23 fiction books you'll want to read -- and share -- this summer: MAYUMI & THE SEA OF HAPPINESS
— LA TIMES - May 25 2015
"The lush, unsettling Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness will leave its traces on readers as well."
— The Island Review - Apr 6 2015
Bookshop Santa Cruz: "As real as it is metaphorical, Tseng writes on many levels, making for a most complex and satisfying read." - Mar 4 2015
Kirkus Review praises the "precision and poetry of Tseng's writing."