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Jennifer Tsai

Jennifer Tsai is an emergency medicine physician, writer, and educator currently living in Oakland, California. Her essays and research have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Scientific American, and The Washington Post among other outlets, and have been recognized as notable works of literary nonfiction in The Best American Science and Nature Writing.

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Jennifer Tsai

Jun 7, 2024

I Didn’t Learn My Grandfather’s Name Until He Died

On the phone with my father, I volunteer my shame and regret through tears. His name. How could I not know his name?

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Jennifer Tsai

I Didn’t Learn My Grandfather’s Name Until He Died