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| employer = [[Bard College]]<br>''[[The New Yorker]]''
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'''Hua Hsu''' (born 1977)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spaeth |first=Ryu |date=2022-09-20 |title=Hua Hsu Is True to the Game |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/hua-hsu-stay-true-profile.html |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> is an American writer and academic, based in [[Chinese people in New York City|New York City]]. He is a professor of English at [[Bard College]] and a staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]''. His work includes investigations of immigrant culture in the United States, as well as public perceptions of diversity and [[multiculturalism]]. He is the author of ''A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific''. His second book, ''[[Stay True (2022 book)|Stay True: A Memoir]]'', was published in September 2022.
== Early life ==
A second-generation [[Taiwanese people in New York City|Taiwanese American]], Hsu was born in 1977 in [[Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area|Champaign-Urbana]], [[Illinois]]<ref>{{Cite
Hsu attended college at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he studied [[political science]].<ref name=":0" /> He graduated in 1999.<ref name=":0" /> He next attended [[Harvard University]] to study [[Asian American literature|Asian-American literature]],<ref name=":0" /> earning a PhD in the History of American Civilization in 2008.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://americanstudies.unix.fas.harvard.edu/?cat=37|title=Alumni Publications|website=American Studies – The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University|access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> [[Louis Menand]] advised his dissertation,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/09/yaa-gyasi-hua-hsu-interview|title=Yaa Gyasi And Hua Hsu Talk About Writing|last=Mistry|first=Anupa|date=June 9, 2016|work=The Fader|access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref>
== Career ==
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Hsu has been a fellow at [[New America (organization)|New America]], a [[public policy]] [[think tank]] and a contributor to ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'']], and [[The Wire (magazine)|''The Wire'']].<ref name="newamerica">{{cite web|url=https://www.newamerica.org/experts/hua-hsu/|title=Hua Hsu, New America Fellow|website=New America|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref><ref name="slatebio">{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/authors.hua_hsu.html|title=Authors: Hua Hsu|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/hua-hsu/|title=Author: Hua Hsu|publisher=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> His 2012 essay for ''Lucky Peach'' about suburban Chinatowns was nominated for a 2012 [[James Beard Award]] for food writing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Forbes|first=Paula|date=2013-03-18|title=Here Are the 2013 James Beard Awards Finalists|url=https://www.eater.com/2013/3/18/6465547/here-are-the-2013-james-beard-awards-finalists|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Eater|language=en}}</ref> He is a board member of the [[Asian American Writers' Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bkmag.com/2017/03/13/brooklyn-100-influencer-hua-hsu-new-yorker/|title=Brooklyn 100 Influencer: Hua Hsu, The 'New Yorker'|last=Romano|first=Evan|date=2017-03-13|work=Brooklyn Magazine|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US}}</ref> His book, ''A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/books/review/a-floating-chinaman-hua-hsu.html|title=Reconsidering the Work of a Chinese Immigrant Writer of the 1930s|last=Nguyen|first=Viet Thanh|date=2016-07-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> was published in June 2016 by [[Harvard University Press]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/hua-hsu|title=Contributors: Hua Hsu|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> He was a 2016 National Fellow for the New America Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hua Hsu|url=http://newamerica.org/our-people/hua-hsu/|access-date=2021-11-29|website=New America|language=en}}</ref>
Hsu's second book, ''Stay True: A Memoir'', about an important friendship he had while in college, was published by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] on September 27, 2022. It received a starred review in ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2022 |title=Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780385547772 |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Jennifer Szalai of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Hsu is a subtle writer, not a showy one; the joy of 'Stay True' sneaks up on you, and the wry jokes are threaded seamlessly throughout."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Szalai |first1=Jennifer |title=A Formative Friendship Cut Short by Tragedy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/books/review/stay-true-hua-hsu.html |access-date=22 November 2022 |
== Personal life ==
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==Bibliography==
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===Books===
* {{cite book |author=Hsu, Hua |title=A floating Chinaman : fantasy and failure across the Pacific |location=Cambridge, Mass. |publisher=Harvard UP |date=2016 <!--|isbn=9780674967908-->}}
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===Essays and reporting===
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* {{cite journal |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=March 7, 2016 |title=The struggle : Macklemore wrestles with his place in hip-hop |department=The Critics. Pop Music |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=70–71 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/macklemore-the-hip-hop-villain <!--accessdate=2018-02-23-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Mackelmore, the hip-hop villain".</ref>▼
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* {{cite journal <!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=January 6, 2020 |title=Exclude me in : in the seventes, a group of Asian–American writers decided it was their turn |department=The Critics. Books |journal=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=43 |pages=58–63 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/the-asian-american-canon-breakers <!--accessdate=2020-07-29-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "The Asian-American canon breakers".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=September 21, 2020 |title=The musical monk : rediscovering Beverly Glenn-Copeland's inward-looking sounds |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=96 |issue=28 |pages=59–60 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/21/beverly-glenn-copelands-music-for-a-future-that-never-came <!--|access-date=2023-08-21-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Beverly Glenn-Copeland's music for a future that never came".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=December 21, 2020 |title=Whims : Paul McCartney's surprisingly playful pandemic album |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=96 |issue=41 |pages=80–81 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/21/paul-mccartneys-surprisingly-playful-pandemic-album <!--|access-date=2023-01-16-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Paul McCartney's surprisingly playful pandemic album".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=April 5, 2021 |title=Game over : how athletes began telling a new story about sports |department=The Critics. Podcast Dept. |journal=The New Yorker |volume=97 |issue=7 |pages=63–65 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-rise-of-the-athlete-podcaster <!--|access-date=2023-09-18-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "The rise of the athlete podcaster".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Listening tour : Saint Etienne's nostalgic, time-travelling sounds |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=97 |issue=29 |pages=78–79 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/20/saint-etiennes-nineties-nostalgia <!--|access-date=2024-07-03-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Saint Etienne's Nineties nostalgia".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=August 22, 2022 |title=My dad and Kurt Cobain : alternative culture and a fax machine bridged an ocean |department=Personal History |journal=The New Yorker |volume=98 |issue=25 |pages=24–29 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/my-dad-and-kurt-cobain <!--|access-date=2023-09-18-->}}
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