Description
An NEA Big Read Selection
"This is the best account of the Hmong experience I've ever read powerful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable." Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
"A narrative packed with the stuff of life." Entertainment Weekly
Kao Kalia Yang is the author of The Song Poet and The Latehomecomer, which was a finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award and the Asian American Literary Award, and received the 2009 Minnesota Book Award.
About the Author
Kao Kalia Yang is a teacher, public speaker, and writer. Yang is the author of the award-winning book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir (Coffee House Press, 2008) and the book, The Song Poet (Metropolitan Books, 2016). She is a graduate of Carleton College and Columbia University's School of the Arts. Kao Kalia lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her family.
Book Information
ISBN 9781566894784
Author Kao Kalia Yang
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Coffee House Press
Publisher Coffee House Press
Weight(grams) 397g
