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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Jeff Chang @THP South
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DESCRIPTION:Join writer\, host and cultural organizer Jeff Chang to discus
 s his new book Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian Americ
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In <a href="https://jeffchang.net/water-mi
 rror-echo/">WATER MIRROR ECHO: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America</
 a>\, award-winning author Jeff Chang delivers a groundbreaking cultural bi
 ography of Bruce Lee\, timed to Lee&rsquo\;s 85th birthday year in 2025. D
 rawing on thousands of personal documents (including letters\, diaries\, a
 nd rare photos) and exclusive\, in-depth interviews with Lee&rsquo\;s inne
 r circle (including his first love\, close friends\, and early fighting me
 ntors)\, Chang offers a stunning dual portrait: the complex human story of
  Lee and the extraordinary\, untold story of the creation of Asian America
 . Through Lee&rsquo\;s experiences\, Chang charts the rise of Asian Americ
 a as a powerful political and cultural force that endures to this day.</p>
 \n<p><strong>About Jeff Chang</strong></p>\n<p>Jeff Chang&rsquo\;s first b
 ook\, <a href="http://www.cantstopwontstop.com">Can't Stop Won't Stop: A H
 istory of the Hip-Hop Generation</a>\, was called one of the best nonficti
 on books of the last quarter century. His latest\, Water Mirror Echo: Bruc
 e Lee and the Making of Asian America (Mariner)\, was named one of 2025&rs
 quo\;s Best by Publisher&rsquo\;s Weekly\, Alta\, Vogue\, Kirkus\, and NPR
 . He authored the award-winning <a href="http://whowebe.net">Who We Be: A 
 Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America</a>\, and <a href="h
 ttp://bealright.net">We Gon' Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation</
 a>. He has written for the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, the 
 Washington Post\, The Guardian\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, and many mo
 re. He is the host of the Signal award-winning podcast\, Edge of Reason\, 
 and of KALW Public Media&rsquo\;s podcast\, Notes From the Edge.</p>\nhttp
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