Water Mirror Echo:
Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
“Water Mirror Echo is a remarkable story of a man, the traditions and communities that created him, and the new worlds he made possible. Like Bruce Lee himself, Jeff Chang is blessed with the vision to see things we do not yet see, thinking and writing with a restless, chasm-crossing, almost prophetic ambition.” — Hua Hsu, Stay True: A Memoir
- Pre-order
- Bookshop
- Powells
- Amazon
- Barnes and Noble
- Ebook
- Bookshop
- Apple
- Amazon
- Barnes and Noble
- Audiobook
- Audible
- Apple
- Barnes and Noble
CATALOG
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Named to Slate’s 50 Best Non-Fiction Books of The Last Quarter Century, and Powell’s 50 Books for 50 Years. Winner of the American Book Award, Asian American Literary Award, ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Available in Japanese, French, Swedish, Finnish, Italian, Korean, Russian, Brazilian, Serbian, and Spanish editions. Audiobook voiced by Mirron Willis.
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
A Hip Hop History
Audiobook voiced by Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook.
“An enlightening, entertaining, sobering masterpiece…a stunning political, socioeconomic, musical melding.” — School Library Journal
“Stellar work…a long-overdue redux…Required history for young hip-hop heads—and everyone else.” — Kirkus
- Bookshop
- Powells
- Amazon
- Barnes and Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Ebook
- Apple
- Kindle
- Audiobook Feat. Davey D and Jeff Chang
- Amazon
- Audible
- Barnes and Noble
Who We Be
The Colorization of America
October 2014 – Hardcover out of print, E-book available, St. Martin’s Press
Winner of the Ray & Pat Browne Award For Best Work in Popular Culture and American Culture, New York Times Editors Choice, NAACP Image Award finalist, Books For A Better Life Award finalist, Northern California Book Award finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist.
Who We Be
A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America
January 2016 – Paperback reprint edition, Picador
“Who We Be is an intoxicating, revisionist reading of the near-recent past. It’s an indispensable resource… a canon and textbook that’s owed.“ — Anupa Mistry, National Post
We Gon’ Be Alright
Notes on Race and Resegregation
Audiobook voiced by Jeff Chang
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year
“The smartest book of the year“—Carlos Lozada, Washington Post
EDITED VOLUMES
Total Chaos
The Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop
Uncommonly inspired anthology…readable and provocative.” —Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone
The classic text includes an introductory survey by Jeff Chang, this anthology includes original pieces by legendary voices from across the hip-hop arts.
Check out this Bookshop list for all in-print books featuring Jeff’s writings.