CSUEB alumnus named National Book Award finalist for the second time
- October 14, 2013
CSUEB alumnus and graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang has once again been long listed for the National Book Award. Yang, who graduated from CSUEB’s program in 2003, made the list for Young People’s Literature for his new two-volume graphic novel, “Boxers & Saints.” Yang also was a finalist in 2006 for his work “American Born Chinese.”
The National Book Awards announced their four long lists in September and will reveal the finalists Oct. 16.