The Importance of Bruce Lee

by Andy Koopmans

During his brief life Bruce Lee became a legend. He was perhaps the greatest martial artist that the world has known so far, but many of his most important accomplishments are often overlooked, hidden in the shadow of his icon stature and the sensationalism that followed his sudden death.

125 pages, Library Binding

Published July 1, 2002

About the author

Andy is the author of sixteen non-fiction titles, including histories of the Leopold & Loeb trial, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Blues, and biographies of figures including Bruce Lee, Charles Manson, Pol Pot, and Nelson Mandela. He is also the editor of a volume of essays, Examining Pop Culture: Crime and Criminals.

Andy is also a fiction writer, essayist, and poet with publications in journals and anthologies including Black Scat Noir, Black Scat Review, Sunshine Noir II, Fiction International, Central Park, The Southern Anthology, Collage & Bricolage, The Journal of Experimental Fiction, Conceptions Southwest, Heaven Bone, and others. He is the author of two fiction collections: Narrative Cult Visions (1997 MFA thesis) and The Veronicas of Our Own Perversions (2024).