vmWBKK – Kao Kalia Yang

Literary Pick of the week: Another honor for author Kao Kalia Yang

Kao Kalia Yang: Recipient for contributions to the cultural and literary life of Minnesota

Red Wing’s Anderson Center names Kao Kalia Yang as award recipient for contributions to the cultural and literary life of Minnesota: https://www.southernminn.com/the_kenyon_leader/community/article_8b59fe6a-a087-11ec-b3cf-bbf1bd3c4ba6.html#:~:text=14%20min%20ago-,Kalia%20Yang,writer%2C%20teacher%20and%20public%20speaker.

From the Tops of the Trees: One of four finalists for the Bank Street College of Education’s Irma Black Award

From the Tops of the Trees is one of four finalists for the Bank Street College of Education’s Irma Black Award: https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/irma-black-award/

The Song Poet: MN Opera Premiers in 2022-23

The Song Poet premiers with MN Opera in the 2022-2023 Season. Get more information and tickets here: https://mnopera.org/season/2022-2023/

Bits of news:

I write you with bits of news:-I submitted my fifth letter to a refugee child for Al Jazeera. This final letter in the short series will run on Thursday. For those of you who may have missed any of the letters, you can find them here: https://www.aljazeera.com/author/kao_kalia_yang_200504133603622-The Song Poet, my second book, has been selected as […]

Facing Race Keynote

https://www.tpt.org/facing-race-awards/

Newest Letter to a Refugee Child in Al Jazeera series

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/10/21/a-letter-to-a-refugee-child-afraid-of-speaking-the-new-language

It’s here! From the Tops of the Trees

Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America’s Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn’t always easy, but they still […]