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Angela Tung

A long-time New Yorker, ANGELA TUNG is a writer in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in CNN Living, The Frisky, Dark Sky Magazine, Matador Life, The New York Press and elsewhere. Her Young Adult novel, Song of the Stranger, was published by Roxbury Park Books.

Her latest book, Black Fish: Memoir of a Bad Luck Girl, chronicles the failed marriage between a Chinese woman and Korean man, both American-born but still bound by old world traditions. Black Fish was short-listed for Graywolf Press' 2010 Nonfiction Prize.

In addition, she's a writer/editor at Wordnik.com, an online word source, and has an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University. Visit her at angelatung.com.



 Recent Work by Angela Tung
ESSAY »
Sidewalk Tales
Angela Tung sees on the sidewalk many lost things.
HUMOR »
The Curse of the Imperial Roll
In case you didn't know, puking sucks.
MEMOIR »
Falling
For a long time, Angela Tung believed everything her mother-in-law told her.
MEMOIR »
The Road
In front of her friend Noah's house is a highway. Cars drive fast, and in both directions. No one needs to tell them not to go there.
ESSAY »
My War With Rats
Angela Tung hates rats. But she is a rat. Confusing.
NONFICTION »
Paying a Visit to Bittertown
Angela Tung relives old resentments as she rewrites her memoir.
MEMOIR »
Gang Girls
Angela Tung knew the gang girls could easily kick her banana ass.
APPRECIATION »
Word
Angela Tung is just like Christopher Columbus, only less genocide-y.
NONFICTION »
I Hate Reading About Music
Angela Tung has no idea what you people are talking about.
ESSAY »
He Leaves His Imprint on Me Still
Angela Tung can't stop remembering.
MEMOIR »
Ghosts
Angela Tung remembers the death of her grandmother and the year she couldn't sleep.
NONFICTION »
Wrinkles in Time
Madeleine L'Engle was the reason Angela Tung became, and stayed, a writer.
MEMOIR »
Displaced
The summer of Chinese soap operas, crazy Big Auntie, a beautiful bride doll, and missing Dad.
NONFICTION »
Work
Writing all day every day is what Angela Tung always wanted. But now she's bored. And has vertigo. And wants a job.
NONFICTION »
What I’ve Learned About External Validation
In love, writing, or work, Angela Tung wants approval, and she wants it NOW.
MEMOIR »
How Karaoke Saved My Parents’ Marriage
Angela Tung's parents married because of music, but would it be enough to keep them together?
ESSAY »
Dumpling City
With Chinese New Year right around the corner, Angela Tung searches for the perfect dumpling.
MEMOIR »
The Beautiful Girls
When Angela Tung was growing up, all her friends were beautiful, except for her.
ESSAY »
Bite Me. . .I Mean, Have a Nice Day
You think Angela Tung is a negative person? Bite me.
ARTS & CULTURE »
Old Foreigner Christmas Man is Coming to Town!
Angela Tung remembers the suckiness that is Christmas in China.
   
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