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Exploring what doesn’t easily translate—personal essays on identity, creativity, and human behavior through the lens of language.

About Kristin Wong

Kristin Wong has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, Electric Literature, and ELLE, among others. She is a staff writer for Hidden Brain, a social science podcast and radio program that airs on NPR, and a columnist at Slate.

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