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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 |publisher=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 won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir 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
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