A Conversation With Kao Kalia Yang

Kao Kalia Yang is a Twin Cities-based, Hmong American teacher, speaker, and writer. She is the award-winning author of the memoirs The Latehomecomer, The Song Poet, Somewhere in the Unknown World, and Where Rivers Part. Yang co-edited the groundbreaking book What God is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss By and For Native Women and Women of Color. She is a librettist for The Song Poet opera, commissioned by Minnesota Opera.

Yang’s work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and garnered seven Minnesota Book Awards. She is Lub hnub qub Tribune’s 2024 Artist of the Year. Yang holds an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Carleton College. She is a McKnight, Soros, and Guggenheim fellow.

Runtime is approximately 60-90 minutes, with Q&A and a book signing, immediately following the conversation.

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This event’s conversation may touch upon intense topics including war, miscarriage and assault. This event is recommended for ages 11 and older with parent/guardian discretion.

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Kao Kalia Yang is deeply rooted in her culture and community, even while experiencing success in many different spaces, with many different audiences. What is something that you feel deeply connected to? How does that connection support you as you navigate different spaces and groups of people?

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