Episode 87: Yang Huang On Writing On Your Own Terms

Yang Huang, author of the Juniper Prize-winning book of short stories, My Old Faithful, joins the GrottoPod this week to discuss a fascinating journey that includes her immigration to the United States as a teen, a career in engineering, an MA and an MFA, raising a family and, along the way, learning English and starting to write fiction. She also delivers, according to guest co-host Lee Kravetz (sitting in for Larry this week), “at least 15 sayings that should be tattoos.” Huang is also the author of a novel, Living Treasures.“I always thought I would write, on my own terms. Not necessarily something perfect or commercial, but something that was raw and honest. I wanted to tell my stories.”
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