Message: “Boxers and Saints and Gene Luen Yang”

The StoryMen welcome graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang. We discuss Gene’s previous work, the award-winning American Born Chinese, and his newest work, Boxers & Saints.

In This Episode:
0:00 – Clay and JR.’s real-life horror film
07:30 – Gene Luen Yang
12:30 – American Born Chinese
24:30 – Boxers & Saints
29:30 – It’s More Complicated than That…
44:00 – Negotiating American Identity
50:00 – Favorite Saints

Story Men - February 5, 2016

Gene Yang's Superman

Gene Yang\'s Superman

Gene Luen Yang returns to the StoryMen to tell us about his groundbreaking run on Superman! How do you go about telling a new story about an 80-year old character? And how is Superman an immigration story? Plus: Gene explains his amazing new role as the Ambassador of Young People's Literature for the Library of Congress.

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