<description>&lt;p&gt;We all know that moment - when you feel like you need to cry in front of other people, but don't want to cry. In this episode, Yowei talks to Heather Christle, the author of &lt;a href= "https://books.catapult.co/books/crying-book-the/"&gt;The Crying Book&lt;/a&gt;, to parse what’s happening in that moment, what tears are saying and how we should respond to them. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;From the episode:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Heather Christle is a poet and professor at Emory University. She has a new book coming out in March called &lt;a href= "https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/heather-christle/in-the-rhododendrons/9781643755922/"&gt; In the Rhododendrums: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Wolf&lt;/a&gt;. It's available for preorder in all the usual places. You can follow Heather on &lt;a href= "https://x.com/heatherchristle?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"&gt; Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/heatherchristle/?hl=en"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; @heatherchristle. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWA2GbcnJU"&gt;The Thai Life insurance commerical&lt;/a&gt; from our crying experiment&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Episode credits:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Produced by Yowei Shaw and Kim Nederveen Pieterse&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Edited by John DeLore&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Mixed by Kyle Pulley&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Proxy is a completely independent production. To support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes and our newsletter, go to &lt;a href="http://patreon.com/proxypodcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;patreon.com/proxypodcast&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Follow us on Instagram @proxypodcast and @yoweishaw.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! That stuff matters apparently.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Proxy with Yowei Shaw

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#8 So many tears but what do they say?

SEP 26, 202423 MIN
Proxy with Yowei Shaw

#8 So many tears but what do they say?

SEP 26, 202423 MIN

Description

We all know that moment - when you feel like you need to cry in front of other people, but don't want to cry. In this 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:

 

 

Episode credits:

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

 

 

Proxy is a completely independent production. To support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes and our newsletter, go to patreon.com/proxypodcast. 

 

Follow us on Instagram @proxypodcast and @yoweishaw.

 

Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! That stuff matters apparently.