Podcasts Health Grief Out Loud Ep. 160: The Shared Room - Kao Kalia Yang

Ep. 160: The Shared Room - Kao Kalia Yang

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 8:14 p.m.

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Children\\u2019s books transport us \\u2013 sometimes to places of imagination and sometimes to places rooted in place and culture. A children\'s book can also be doorway to emotional understanding around complex topics. Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong American writer\\xa0and\\xa0grieving mother\\xa0who recently published The Shared Room, a brave and tender book for children (and adults) about a family grieving the death of their daughter. The Shared Room is at once a book about memories, sorrow, joy, and the ways\\xa0grief\\xa0is carried individually and collectively.\\xa0\\xa0

Listen to Kao Kalia Yang & Shannon Gibney, co-editors of What God is Honored Here - Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss, By and\\xa0For\\xa0Indigenous\\xa0Women and\\xa0Women\\xa0of\\xa0Color on Grief Out Loud, Ep. 127.\\xa0
To learn more about Kao Kalia Yang\\u2019s writing, teaching, and speaking, visit her website.\\xa0
Watch Kao Kalia and illustrator, Xee Reiter, discuss The Shared Room.\\xa0

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