Renowned Hmong author, speaker and former UW-Eau Claire Professor Kao Kalia Yang returned to campus to read from her newly released books and discuss her writing process. Yang’s first book “The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir” is about the journey from Ban Vinai Refugee camp to St. Paul, Minnesota. “When you talk to minority populations.
Born in a refugee camp in Thailand, Kao Kalia arrived in the U.S. at age six. The story follows her journey from a student struggling to speak English to a
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) New Jersey City University Center for the Arts presents a Literature to Life stage presentation of "The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir" by Kao Kalia Yang on Wednesday, May 18th at 10:00am. It will be performed by Gaosong Heu from an adaptation by Aurea Tomeski & Elise Thoron. This is a free virtual event with a filmed performance and live post-show talkback.