Join us for an author talk with acclaimed writer and cultural historian Jeff Chang. Chang will focus on storytelling and share his own unconventional journey as a writer and the processes he has engaged in to create non-fiction, creative works, and journalistic pieces.
We all have stories to tell. Come and be inspired in your own development as a writer.
Light refreshments will be served.
At the event, a few copies of Jeff Chang’s book Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History will be given away. Can't Stop, Won't Stop is an updated YA version of his first award-winning book.
Registration is appreciated. See RSVP button below.
Note: Jeff Chang will be the featured guest at an evening event (May 7) organized by Chef Mitch and sponsored by EJIE!
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Bio: Jeff Chang’s first book, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, was called one of the best nonfiction books of the last quarter century. His latest, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America (Mariner), was named one of 2025’s Best by Publisher’s Weekly, Alta, Vogue, Kirkus, and NPR. He authored the award-winning Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America, and We Gon' Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, The Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many more. He is the host of the Signal award-winning podcast, Edge of Reason, and of KALW Public Media’s podcast, Notes From the Edge.
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