Jay Caspian Kang | |
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| Born | December 31, 1979 Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bowdoin College (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor |
| Employer | The New York Times |
| Notable work | The Dead Do Not Improve |
Jay Caspian Kang (born December 31, 1979) is an American writer, editor, television journalist and podcast host. He is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the opinion section of The New York Times. Previously he was an editor of Grantland, then of the science and technology blog Elements at The New Yorker. He was also an Emmy-nominated correspondent on Vice News Tonight and cohosts the podcast Time to Say Goodbye. His debut novel The Dead Do Not Improve was released by the Hogarth/Random House in the summer of 2012. In 2021, he published The Loneliest Americans, a memoir and reported work examining Asian American identity.