American writer, journalist, businessman, and consultant
Jeff Yang 楊致和
Jeff Yang at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, November 12, 2023
Born
1967 or 1968 (age 55–56)
United States
Alma mater
Harvard University (B.A., Psychology, 1989)
Occupation
Writer
Spouse
Heather Ying
(m. 2002; div. 2013)
[1]
Children
2, including Hudson Yang
Jeff Yang
Traditional Chinese
楊致和
Simplified Chinese
杨致和
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yáng Zhìhé
Jeff Yang (Chinese: 楊致和; born c. 1967/1968)[1] is an American writer, journalist, businessman, and business/media consultant who writes the Tao Jones column for The Wall Street Journal.[2] Previously, he was the "Asian Pop" columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. He is an expert on Asian American pop culture and is the co-author of RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now (2022) with Philip Wang and Phil Yu[3] and The Golden Screen: The Movies That Made Asian America (2023).[4]
^ abBrady, Lois (August 25, 2002). "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Heather Ying and Jeff Yang". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^"Tao Jones News — Speakeasy — WSJ".
^Kaur, Harmeet (2022-03-01). "From 'The Joy Luck Club' to 'Crazy Rich Asians,' a new book hopes to 'fill in the blanks' of Asian American pop culture". CNN. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
^"Jeff Yang's new book is a 'cheer out loud' for the films that made Asian America". KCCU | Your Public Radio Station. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
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