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| Gene Luen Yang | |
Today, the Library of Congress will name Gene Luen Yang national ambassador for young people's literature, the New York Times reported. He will be the first graphic novelist to hold the post since it was created in 2008 and will serve a two-year term.
The author of American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints and The Shadow Hero, Yang told the Times: "When I was coming up in the '90s, the comic book industry and the book industry were largely separate--they had their own awards, distribution systems and stores. [Now] these worlds are really converging in interesting ways."
See his July 2014 Book Brahmin with us here.