Wesley Yang books

Wesley Yang is an American essayist and journalist whose writing on race, masculinity, and identity in contemporary America has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, and n+1. His debut collection, The Souls of Yellow Folk, won a National Magazine Award and was named a notable book by the New York Times Book Review.
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Anthologies

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Bad Romance 2013 Buy

Non-Fiction

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The Face of Seung-Hui Cho 2011 Buy
The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays 2018 Buy

Wesley Yang writes about race, sex, and class with a directness that sets him apart from most cultural commentators. His early essay “The Face of Seung-Hui Cho” brought him a cult following online before his work reached mainstream outlets. He has since written for the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and New York, and his pieces have been included in multiple Best American anthologies.

His debut book, The Souls of Yellow Folk (2018), gathers a decade of essays and was called one of the best books of the year by the Spectator and Publishers Weekly. Yang’s prose is confrontational in the best sense — he refuses easy conclusions and refuses to let his subjects off the hook, including himself.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Wesley Yang written?

Wesley Yang has written three books across two series.

What was Wesley Yang's first book?

Wesley Yang’s first book is The Face of Seung-Hui Cho, published in 2011.

What is Wesley Yang's most well-known essay?

Paper Tigers is his most widely read piece. It examines the pressures of Asian-American identity and tiger mother parenting, and it won a National Magazine Award. The essay appears in his collection The Souls of Yellow Folk.

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