A proud-to-be-hyphenated Chinese-American Jersey girl, Jia-Rui Chong currently writes for the Los Angeles Times. She received her bachelor's degree in American history and literature from Harvard, where she
focused on interracial and interethnic relations in nineteenth-century
American culture. At Harvard, she was editor in chief of Diversity &
Distinction and a columnist for The Harvard Crimson. She received her
master's degree in English literature from Oxford University. Her
thesis examined landscapes, politics, and twentieth-century Afro-American
fiction. Chong has also been the recipient of several poetry awards,
including the Joan Grey Untermyer Poetry Prize. She has worked for
Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, and The Atlantic Monthly.
E-mail
jia-rui.chong@inthefray.com
Index
Wear
your heart on your short-sleeve
Written by Jia-Rui Chong |
Photo collage by Stephanie
Yao | Imagine | April 9, 2001
Postcards
Written by Jia-Rui
Chong | Illustrated by Melissa
Scram | Imagine
Poetry by Jia-Rui Chong
Part
one of two | August 6, 2001
Part
two of two | August 20, 2001
New York state
of mind
Written by Jia-Rui
Chong | Identify
In the fray in New York
Part
one | Monday, October 8, 2001
Part
two | Tuesday, October 9, 2001
Part
three | Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Part
four | Thursday, October 11, 2001
Part
five | Friday, October 12, 2001
Stepping to the beat of a different drummer
Written by Jia-Rui Chong | Imagine | June 26, 2002
What is David Henry Hwang doing reviving Flower Drum Song on Broadway?
Let the rhythm soothe you
Written by Jia-Rui Chong | Imagine | October 22, 2002
Transforming a neighborhood through art, love, and mindful drumming
Last updated: October 22, 2002
