In Water Mirror Echo, the journalist tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee’s rise to fame alongside the cultural history of Asian America. You write that Lee is “perhaps the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author and podcaster Jeff Chang sits for a portrait in his home office in Berkeley, California, on Saturday, September 6, 2025.

The first step was easy. A book editor, impressed by Jeff Chang‘s acclaimed 2005 cultural history of hip-hop, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop,” asked if he’d consider writing a book on Bruce Lee, the martial ...

Bruce Lee remains one of the most influential pop culture icons of the 20th century. Beyond transforming martial arts cinema, ...

Bruce Lee was more than a martial artist; he was a thinker who understood the connection between mind, body, and spirit. His impact stretched far beyond the world of films and fighting, reaching into ...

In spring 2024, Berkeley author and activist Jeff Chang had just completed the first draft of his Bruce Lee biography, "Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America," when he called in ...