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 ...

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.

Jeff Chang spent years working on his book about Bruce Lee. He recently spoke with our colleague Peter Larsen about “Water Mirror Echo,” and here he answers the Book Pages Q&A about his reading life, ...

The author Jeff Chang wrote “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop,” widely considered one of the seminal books on the roots of hip-hop, in 2005. As a follow-up, he signed a contract to write a biography of the late ...

In an industry filled with racial stereotypes, Bruce Lee helped popularize feature-length martial arts films in the 1970s sparking a surge of Western interest in Chinese martial arts. Understand the ...