Author, poet, and professor Jason Koo our podcast this week. He and David discuss growing up in the midwest, sports' influence on masculinity, not being a real doctor, and more!

Named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture" by Brooklyn Magazine, Jason Koo was born in New York City and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of three full-length collections of poetry: More Than Mere Light, America's Favorite Poem and Man on Extremely Small Island, winner of the De Novo Poetry Prize and the Asian American Writers' Workshop Members' Choice Award for the best Asian American book of 2009. Find his work at http://www.jasonykoo.com/

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