This week, scholar/writer/activist
Jeff Chang was named a
2008 USA Ford Fellow in Literature by United States Artists, a national arts advocacy organization that invests in America's artists and illuminates the value of artists to society. He was among 51 recipients of United States Artists' prestigious 2008 Fellows program.
Jeff is the author of
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
and the editor of
Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop
. He most recently covered the 2008 presidential election for
Vibe and Vibe.com.
Other Asian American recipients of United States Artists' 2008 fellows program include filmmaker
Cary Joji Fukunaga, performance artist
Tehching Hsieh, writer
Le Thi Diem Thuy, musician
Wu Man, and architect/designer
J. Meejin Yoon.