Jeff Chang spent years working on his book about Bruce Lee. He recently spoke with our colleague Peter Larsen about “Water Mirror Echo,” and here he answers the Book Pages Q&A about his reading life, audiobooks and getting his own work – his excellent history of hip-hop, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” – back on the shelves after it was removed along with hundreds of other books by the Department of Defense.

Q. Please tell readers about your new book, “Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America,” and why Lee has remained such a powerful figure in our culture.

Three generations after his death, Bruce Lee remains an icon to anyone who has ever felt stepped on. I wanted to know why. So “Water Mirror Echo” is a dual biography that tells the story of the rise of Bruce Lee and the ri

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