After Yowei got laid off, she kept finding herself trying not to cry in front of other people — and failing. In the episode, Yowei talks to Heather Christle, the author of The Crying Book, to parse what’s happening in that moment, what tears are saying and how we should respond to them.

From the episode:

Heather Christle is a poet and professor at Emory University. She has a new book coming out in March called In the Rhododendrums: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Wolf. It's available for preorder in all the usual places. You can follow Heather on Twitter and Instagram @heatherchristle.
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Episode credits:

Produced by Yowei Shaw and Kim Nederveen Pieterse
Edited by John DeLore
Mixed by Kyle Pulley

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#8 So Many Tears, But What Do They Say?

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