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Writer/Cultural Organizer
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Jeff Chang is a writer and cultural organizer who has worked in and written extensively on culture, politics, the arts, and music.
He is finishing a cultural biography of Bruce Lee called Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America (Mariner/HarperCollins). He is the host of the Edge of Reason, a podcast of artists and ideas by Atlantic: Rethink and Hauser & Wirth.
His first book, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, garnered many honors, including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award, and was selected by Slate as one of the most important books of the past quarter century.
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