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\u201cBeing an immigrant kid - your experience and your parents\u2019 and your grandparents\u2019 experiences are in three completely different worlds.\u201d\nGene Luen Yang is an award-winning cartoonist, storyteller, and teacher - whose been creating comics since the fifth grade. His 2006 graphic novel American Born Chinese will be a 2022 Disney+ TV series by Shang Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton. Two of Gene\u2019s other two books - Dragon Hoops + Superman Smashes the Klan - won the 2020 Eisner (the Oscars for comics), and Raman\u2019s reviewed them on his other podcast Quarantined Comics. Gene\u2019s a former CS + Math teacher - who\u2019s since gone on to work on some of the biggest name in pop culture and comics - including Avatar the Last AirBender, rebooting Shang Chi over @ Marvel Comics (before the hit movie), and having more than a few unique takes on DC\u2019s Superman. Gene was named the Library of Congress\u2019 fifth National Ambassador for Young People\u2019s Literature, and has also received a MacArthur Genius Grant. Gene advocates for the importance of reading diversely - and makes his kids finish all of their projects. Raman tried really hard not to fanboy over one of his personal heroes...\nLEARN ABOUT GENE LUEN YANG\n\ngeneyang.com\n\ntwitter.com/geneluenyang\n\nAmerican Born Chinese: goodreads.com/book/show/118944.American_Born_Chinese\n\n\nSuperman Smashes the Klan TRAILER: youtu.be/LQ5ID_k_iBA\n\n\nDragon Hoops: goodreads.com/book/show/44280830-dragon-hoops\n\n\nMENTIONS\n\nCOMIC BOOK: Cyclopedia Exotica goodreads.com/book/show/53317432-cyclopedia-exotica\n\n\nPERSON: Jason Shiga goodreads.com/author/show/469075.Jason_Shiga\n\n\nPERSON: Lark Pien goodreads.com/author/show/2679817.Lark_Pien\n\n\nPERSON: Derek Kirk Kim goodreads.com/author/show/150817.Derek_Kirk_Kim\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices