"A book editor, impressed by Jeff Changs acclaimed 2005 cultural history of hip-hop, Can't Stop Won't Stop, asked if he'd consider writing a book on Bruce Lee, the martial arts icon and movie star. The next 99 steps? Well, that's something altogether different. The editor who'd pitched the biography left the publishing industry. Chang had two books already under contract to finish. More editors came and went. Another book cut to the front of the line."
"A fourth editor dropped the book. In 2021, nearly 15 years after Chang originally agreed to do the Lee project, the book went out to bid again and quickly sold again but Chang no longer knew what he wanted to do with it. Bruce Lee is the subject of Jeff Chang's new book Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America."
Jeff Chang spent nearly 15 years developing Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America after initially agreeing to the project. A series of editorial changes, competing publishing priorities, and book contracts repeatedly delayed progress. Multiple editors left or dropped the project while other books took precedence. The project returned to the market in 2021 and sold quickly, yet Chang faced uncertainty about its direction. The book centers on Bruce Lee's career, public image, film roles such as The Way of the Dragon and The Green Hornet, and Lee's influence on Asian American identity and visibility.
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