Author Jiaming Tang ’18 Discusses Debut Novel
Tang’s return to campus was part of the Durst Distinguished Lecture Series.
Jiaming Tang ’18 (Creative Writing and Literature) returned to campus this week to speak about his debut novel Cinema Love (2024) for The Durst Distinguished Lecture: In Conversation with Professors Mehdi Okasi and Anthony Domestico.
Tang is a queer immigrant writer who published his first novel, Cinema Love, in 2024. His writing has appeared in AGNI, Lit Hub, The Masters Review, Salt Hill, and Joyland Magazine, among other places. He is a 2022-23 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Following Purchase, Tang graduated from the MFA program at the University of Alabama.
Reviews for Cinema Love
“Cinema Love is a gripping narrative with sharply drawn characters. Equally important, it is beautifully written. … Jiaming Tang’s first novel is a beautiful meditation on love, loss, and the haunting power of the past.”
“And it’s a story with real heart: Tang shows genuine sympathy for each of his flawed characters as he carefully unpicks the moral complexities of their choices.”