American Born Chinese nominated for National Book Award

Submitted by Joey Manley on October 11, 2006 - 15:58

The book collection of American Born Chinese, (one of the original Modern Tales strips), by Gene Yang, has been nominated for the National Book Award in the category of "Young People's Literature."

This is a very big deal. It's probably the most prestigious American literary award. When I was in creative writing school, anyway, everybody I knew (teachers and students alike) all paid a lot more attention to the National Book Award than, for example, the Pulitzer. Congrats, Gene! Good luck!