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Zibby speaks to creative writing professor and author Jane Wong about Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, an incandescent, blazing memoir that she describes as a lovesong to her mother and to growing up in a low income, working-class Chinese American immigrant family. Jane talks about her family\\u2019s immigration story and fractured American Dream; her father\\u2019s gambling addiction; her beautiful, lyrical writing style (she\\u2019s a poet!); and her recent trip to Atlantic City\\u2013a powerful, emotional return. She also describes her writing process and her recent book tour, from Seattle to New York City\\u2019s Chinatown, with her mother by her side. 

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