217. Spotlight: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

A tale as old as time… This week, our month-long spotlight series continues as host Aeric Azana dives into Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese! A personal and introspective story about growing up as an Asian-American, this story tells three parallel narratives of identity, growth, and acceptance - from Jin Wang’s struggle to fit in, to the classic tale of the Monkey King! Time Stamps: 00:00:45 Intro 00:02:15 Spotlight on American Born Chinese 00:40:55 Comics Countdown 00:53:49 Wrap-Up Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Send us your questions for the Geeksplained Mailbag! Email: Geeksplained@gmail.com Music Sampled: "Sayonara" by SAKEROCK “In Another Life” by Son Lux