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Exploring immigration through a common experience: feeling like an outsider
Exploring immigration through a common experience: feeling like an outsider
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Dec 2, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
There is a common hurdle for many first generation immigrants: feeling out of place. Whether that's in school, speaking a different language, or living through parents' expectations. Today: two books about overcoming those feelings of inadequacy. First, Simu Liu, Marvel's first Asian superhero, discusses his memoir We Were Dreamers, where he talks about his complicated relationship with his parents and what he calls his "immigrant superhero origin story." Then, Cuban-American author Margarita Engle explores what it's like to be an outsider as a bilingual speaker and the creative freedom she found in writing Spanish without italics in her book.
Released:
Dec 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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