Wesley Yang writes for New York and other publications.\n\n\u201cIf a person remains true to some part of their experience, no matter what it is, and they present it in full candor, there\u2019s value to that. People will recognize it. Once I knew that was true, I knew I could do this.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp,\xa0Home Chef, and Trunk Club for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@wesyang\nYang on Longform\n[02:00] "Paper Tigers" (New York \u2022 May 2011)\n[10:00] "The Snakehead" (Patrick Radden Keefe \u2022 New Yorker \u2022 Apr 2006)\n[24:00] "Eddie Huang Against the World" (New York Times Magazine \u2022 Feb 2015)\n[24:00] "The Face of Seung-Hui Cho" (n+1 \u2022 Jun 2011)\n[27:00] "The Life and Afterlife of Aaron Swartz" (New York \u2022 Feb 2013)\n[32:00] "The True Import of Present Dialogue, Black vs. Negro (For Peppe, Who Will Ultimately Judge Our Efforts)" (Nikki Giovanni)\n[42:00] "Longform Podcast #168: Ta-Nehisi Coates" (Nov 2015)\n[47:00] "We Out Here" (Harper\u2019s Magazine \u2022 Mar 2016)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices