Gene Luen Yang is an American cartoonist and educator. As a Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Yang lectures to promote the importance of reading diversely. In 2016, he received a MacArthur Fellowship, the third graphic novelist to receive the prize.
Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese comprises three apparently separate storylines: the first follows a monkey deity's desire to be all-powerful; the second follows Jin Wang, a child of Chinese immigrants, as he wrestles with his...
