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Matthew Polly

Photograph by Justin Guariglia

About The Author

Matthew Polly is the national bestselling author of American ShaolinTapped Out, and Bruce Lee. A Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar, he spent two years studying kung fu at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, China. His writing has appeared in The Washington PostEsquire, Slate, Playboy, and The Nation. He is a fellow at Yale University and lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Books by Matthew Polly