6/30/2023 0 Comments American born chinese author![]() ![]() Jones–I was open to something lighter–something that I thought would be more…manageable. After months of immersion in the hands of some of my favorite literary heavyweights–James Joyce, Phillip Roth, Edward P. ![]() The brightly-colored cover, which depicts a young Chinese boy holding a toy robot, immediately caught my eye. My poetry professor had laid out an assortment of poetry and prose collections from which we were to choose one book to present to the class. To be honest, my first interaction with American Born Chinese was quick and bristly. Where was I? What was I doing in 2006 that I missed its release? How had I overlooked this amazing graphic novel, while somehow convincing myself to read the first installment of a melodramatic teen-vampire-romance-novel-series that shall go unnamed. Published in 2006, Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel is flush with accolades: a National Book Award Finalist, winner of the Michael L Printz Award, and a “top” pick of multiple publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Time Magazine, and Publisher’s Weekly. Apparently, everyone got the memo on American Born Chinese before I did. ![]()
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