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| employer = [[Bard College]]<br>''[[The New Yorker]]''
| notable_works = ''A Floating Chinaman''<br>''Stay True''
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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 webmagazine |last=Hsu |first=Hua |date=2022-08-15 |title=My Dad and Kurt Cobain |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/my-dad-and-kurt-cobain |access-date=2022-08-20 |websitemagazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> before moving to [[Plano, Texas|Plano]], then [[Richardson, Texas]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-cool-job/id984365487?mt=2&i=1000400694690|title=Episode 29: Professor and New Yorker Writer Hua Hsu by Mary H.K. Choi|date=March 16, 2018|work=Hey, Cool Job|access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> His family moved to southern California,<ref name=":0" /> then ultimately [[Cupertino, California]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.angryasianman.com/2016/06/angry-reader-of-week-hua-hsu.html|title = Angry Reader of the Week: Hua Hsu}}</ref> where his father was an engineer; his mother stayed at home with Hua.<ref name=":0" /> The family lived in Cupertino from about the time Hua was 9 to 18, though his father moved to Taiwan to pursue work and Hua often spent summers and other school vacations there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/06/18/155279633/how-rock-ballads-brought-my-fathers-american-dream-to-life|title=How Rock Ballads Brought My Father's American Dream To Life|last=Hsu|first=Hua|date=June 18, 2012|work=NPR|access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref>
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> entitledtitled ''Pacific Crossings: China, the United States, and the Transpacific Imagination''.<ref name=":1" />
== Career ==
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 |publisherwork=New York Times |date=29 September 2022}}</ref> The book was named one of the "10 Best Books of 2022" by ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|date=November 29, 2022|title=The 10 Best Books of 2022|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/books/best-books-2022.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref> and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 17, 2022|title=The 10 Best Books of 2022|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/11/17/best-books/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref> The book waswon athe finalist2023 [[Pulitzer Prize for theMemoir or Autobiography]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2023 |title=2023 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2023 |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> and the 2022 [[National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography|National Book Critics Circle award in autobiography]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Varno |first=David |date=2023-02-01 |title=NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022 |url=https://www.bookcritics.org/2023/01/31/national-book-critics-circle-announces-finalists-for-publishing-year-2022/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=National Book Critics Circle |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
==Bibliography==
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===Books===
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Hsu, Hua |title=A floating Chinaman : fantasy and failure across the Pacific |location=Cambridge, Mass. |publisher=Harvard UP |date=2016 <!--|isbn=9780674967908-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |title=[[Stay True (2022 book)|Stay true : a memoir]] |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday/Knopf/PRH |date=2022 <!--|isbn=978-0385547772-->}}
===Essays and reporting===
* {{cite magazinejournal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |date=AprilJanuary–February 18, 20122009 |title=AllThe Hailend theof ChairmenWhite :America? Jonathan|department=U.S. Olivares's|journal=The 'Taxonomy of Office Chairs'Atlantic |url=https://lareviewofbookswww.orgtheatlantic.com/articlemagazine/allarchive/2009/01/the-hailend-theof-chairmenwhite-jonathanamerica/307208/ <!-olivaress-taxonomyaccessdate=2018-of10-office26-chairs/|magazine=Los Angeles Review of Books->}}
* {{cite magazine |ref=none |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=SeptemberApril 518, 2012 |title=MichaelAll K.hail Williamsthe revealschairmen his: Jonathan Olivares's 'Taxonomy of OmarOffice MixChairs' |url=https://wwwlareviewofbooks.vulture.comorg/2012article/09/michaelall-khail-williamsthe-revealschairmen-hisjonathan-omarolivaress-fromtaxonomy-theof-wireoffice-mix.html chairs/|magazine=VultureLos Angeles Review of Books}}
* {{cite magazine |ref=none |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=DecemberSeptember 135, 2012 |title=WokkingMichael theK. Williams reveals his Omar Mix Suburbs|url=https://luckypeachwww.tumblrvulture.com/post2012/4951396700309/huamichael-hsuk-wokkingwilliams-reveals-his-omar-from-the-suburbswire-mix.html |magazine=Lucky PeachVulture}}
* {{cite web |ref=nonemagazine |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |titledate=TheDecember Simpsons13, go to China2012 |departmenttitle=CurrencyWokking |work=The New Yorker |date=September 26, 2014the Suburbs|url=https://wwwluckypeach.newyorkertumblr.com/businesspost/currency49513967003/simpsonshua-gohsu-china <!wokking-the-suburbs|access-datemagazine=2023-03-29-->Lucky Peach}}<ref group=lower-alpha name=webonly>Available on website only.</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=FebruarySeptember 2226, 20162014 |title=AThe godSimpsons dreamgo :to Kanye West unveils a new album, 'The Life of Pablo'China |department=The Critics. Pop MusicCurrency |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=66–68 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazinebusiness/2016currency/02/22/kanye-wests-the-lifesimpsons-ofgo-pablochina <!--|access-date=2023-03-29-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha name=webonly>Title in the online table of contents is "Kanye WestAvailable realizeson hiswebsite dreams"only.</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=MarchOctober 716, 20162014 |title=TheBefore struggle : Macklemore wrestlesgentrification, witha hiscity placecovered in hip-hopgraffiti |department=The Critics. PopCultural MusicComment |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=70–71 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazineculture/2016cultural-comment/03/07/macklemorebefore-thegentrification-hipa-hopcity-covered-in-villaingraffiti <!--accessdate|access-date=20182023-0209-2318-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled name="webonly"Mackelmore, the hip-hop villain".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=OctoberFebruary 322, 2016 |title=BonA Iver'sgod dream : Kanye West unveils a new voicealbum, 'The Life of Pablo' |department=The Critics. Pop Music |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=66–68 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/1002/0322/bonkanye-iverswests-newthe-life-of-voicepablo <!--accessdate|access-date=20172023-0903-1129-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Title in the online table of contents is "Kanye West realizes his dreams".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=SeptemberMarch 217, 2016 |title=The Criticstruggle Who: ConvincedMacklemore Mewrestles Thatwith Criticismhis Couldplace Bein hip-hop |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=70–71 Art|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culturemagazine/cultural-comment2016/03/07/macklemore-the-critichip-whohop-convincedvillain <!-me-thataccessdate=2018-criticism02-could23-be-art|magazine>}}<ref group=Thelower-alpha>Online Newversion Yorker}}is titled "Mackelmore, the hip-hop villain".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=January–FebruaryJuly 200925, 2016 |title=ThePale endfire of: Whiteis Americawhiteness a privilege or a plight? |department=U.SThe Critics. A Critic at Large |journal=The AtlanticNew Yorker |volume=92 |issue=22 |pages=63–66 |url=https://www.theatlanticnewyorker.com/magazine/archive2016/200907/0125/the-endnew-meaning-of-white-america/307208/whiteness <!--accessdate|access-date=20182023-10-26-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "White plight?".</ref>
* {{cite webjournal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |titledate=ListeningSeptember to George Michael in Taiwan21, 2016|departmenttitle=CulturalThe CommentCritic [webWho only]Convinced |website=TheMe NewThat YorkerCriticism |date=January 4,Could 2017Be Art|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/listeningthe-tocritic-georgewho-michaelconvinced-inme-taiwan <!that-criticism-|accessdate=2020could-07be-29-->art|journal=The New Yorker}}
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=AprilOctober 243, 20172016 |title=PraiseBon songsIver's : Alice Coltrane innew Sanskritvoice |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=10 |pages=98–99 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20172016/0410/2403/alicebon-coltranesivers-devotionalnew-musicvoice <!--|access-dateaccessdate=20222017-09-1411-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "[[Alice Coltrane]]’s devotional music".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=MayJanuary 14, 2017 |title=Legacy media : Kendrick Lamar's sense of debtListening to thoseGeorge whoMichael camein beforeTaiwan |department=TheCultural Critics.Comment Pop[web Musiconly] |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=11 |pages=74–75 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazineculture/2017cultural-comment/05/01/kendricklistening-to-george-lamarsmichael-holyin-spirittaiwan <!--|accessdate=20172020-0907-0829-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Kendrick Lamar's holy spirit".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=SeptemberApril 1824, 2017 |title=RostamPraise Batmanglijsongs defines: hisAlice musicalColtrane identityin Sanskrit |department=The Critics. Pop Music |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=10 |pages=98–99 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/0904/1824/rostam-batmanglij-definesalice-hiscoltranes-musicaldevotional-identitymusic <!--accessdate|access-date=20172022-09-1114-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "[[Alice Coltrane]]’s devotional music".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=DecemberMay 41, 2017 |title=ForwardLegacy marchmedia : BjõrkKendrick Lamar's visionssense of thedebt futureto those who came before |department=The Critics. Pop Music |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=3911 |pages=62–6474–75 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/1205/0401/bjorkskendrick-visionslamars-of-an-enchantedholy-futurespirit <!--accessdate=20182017-0309-2608-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "BjõrkKendrick Lamar's visions of an enchantedholy futurespirit".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=MaySeptember 2018, 20192017 |title=MachineRostam yearningBatmanglij :defines Hollyhis Herndon'smusical search for a new art form for our tech obsessionsidentity |department=The Critics. Pop Music |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=13 |pages=83–84 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20192017/0509/2018/electronicrostam-popbatmanglij-fordefines-thehis-surveillancemusical-eraidentity <!--accessdate=20192017-09-3011-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Electronic pop for the surveillance era".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=December 94, 20192017 |title=BurialForward march : Bjõrk's Searchvisions forof Fleetingthe Momentsfuture |department=The Critics. Pop Music |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=39 |pages=62–64 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20192017/12/0904/burialsbjorks-searchvisions-forof-fleetingan-momentsenchanted-future <!--accessdate=2018-03-26-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Bjõrk's visions of an enchanted future".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=JanuaryMay 620, 20202019 |title=ExcludeMachine me inyearning : inHolly theHerndon's seventes,search for a group of Asian–Americannew writersart decidedform itfor wasour theirtech turnobsessions |department=The Critics. BooksPop Music |magazinejournal=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=4313 |pages=58–6383–84 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20202019/0105/0620/theelectronic-asianpop-americanfor-canonthe-breakerssurveillance-era <!--accessdate=20202019-0709-2930-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "TheElectronic Asian-Americanpop for the canonsurveillance breakersera".</ref>
* {{cite journal |ref=none<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Hsu, Hua |author-mask=1 |date=December 219, 20202019 |title=Whims : Paul McCartneyBurial's surprisinglySearch playfulfor pandemicFleeting albumMoments |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=96 |issue=41 |pages=80–81 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20202019/12/2109/paulburials-mccartneyssearch-surprisinglyfor-playfulfleeting-pandemic-albummoments <!--|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=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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