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Gene Yang in the New York Times Book Review

"Is it so bad to grow up Asian in America? One might be forgiven for asking upon encountering “American Born Chinese,” a graphic novel that, with its dark exploration of Asian-American adolescence, won last year’s Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature and was also a finalist in its genre for a National Book [...]

By |2007-05-15T14:25:00-04:00May 15th, 2007|Books, News|3 Comments

Guest Blogger GENE YANG responds

A Response to Tony Long Part of me wonders exactly how serious Tony Long is. After all, his column is titled "The Luddite." He has an online persona he needs to uphold. To be honest, I can see where he's coming from, especially as an educator. I, too, worry about the declining literacy of our [...]

By |2006-11-03T15:17:53-05:00November 3rd, 2006|Uncategorized|9 Comments

Gene Yang, Origins of ABC

Origins of American Born Chinese - part 3 Some folks who’ve flipped through American Born Chinese have asked about the star of the third storyline, Cousin Chin-Kee. What would possess a self-respecting Asian-American cartoonist to draw a character like that? Several years ago, just before my wedding, I spent an afternoon organizing things in my [...]

By |2006-08-11T07:00:00-04:00August 11th, 2006|Uncategorized|6 Comments
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