The "Asian Invasion": An Interview with Gene Luen Yang

Since 1941 the University of Minnesota has been hosting Book Week: an annual celebration of children's books and authors. Ten years after the publication of his first work, he was catapulted to national fame when his American Born Chinese (2006) broke new ground becoming the first graphic novel...

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Published inThe Lion and the unicorn (Brooklyn) Vol. 38; no. 1; p. 123
Main Authors Oziewicz, Marek, Midkiff, Emily
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.01.2014
Subjects
Academic libraries
Asian Americans
Book awards
Cartoonists
Childrens literature
Chinese
Computer & video games
Graphic novels
Novels
Young adults
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Summary:Since 1941 the University of Minnesota has been hosting Book Week: an annual celebration of children's books and authors. Ten years after the publication of his first work, he was catapulted to national fame when his American Born Chinese (2006) broke new ground becoming the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature. [...]I was kind of obsessed about Disney and reading as many books as I could about him.
ISSN:0147-2593
1080-6563
DOI:10.1353/uni.2014.0010