{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang on bringing 'American Born Chinese' to TV","publication_date":"July 09, 2023","summary":"The new Disney Plus series \"American Born Chinese\" is not a typical coming-of-age story. The series, which follows teenager Jin Wang and features this year's Academy Award winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, is loosely based on the groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name. For our Weekend Spotlight, John Yang speaks with Gene Luen Yang, the author of that book and one of the show's executive producers.","author_name":"By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Michael Boulter, Juliet Fuisz","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2023\/07\/30daf59fd1fef745b101f6223ca38333-chinese-1-1024x683.jpeg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}