In Other Words with Emily Gao

05/07/19 • 40 min

What do you do when the narrative isn't typically written for you? You take matters—or words—into your own hands. Poet and host of Yellownin, Emily Gao, joins the the Typed Out podcast to talk about her experience as a first generation Chinese American, the process of exploring identity through writing, and how expression through art can be the first step to healing.

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