by Kim Benjamin | Nov 14, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Girl In The White Dress – The Finale By Kerry Xiong That evening, Shengyeng’s older girl cousins and some of the housewives donned borrowed blue flip flops, and with pant legs folded up, knelt down before enormous pails filled with soapy water and took turns...
by Kim Benjamin | Nov 14, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Girl in the White Dress – Part 6 By Kerry Xiong **Attention Readers** This is a trigger warning for trauma-survivors and persons who are sensitive to domestic violence/abuse details. Please refrain from reading the following article if you identify with these...
by Kim Benjamin | Nov 14, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
An Interview With Steve Thao By Amy Doeun Steve Thao is an accomplished artist in his own right. He is also the director of CHAT (Center for Hmong Arts and Talent). He recently shared a bit about his work with Hmong Times. Hmong Times: How would you describe your...
by Kim Benjamin | Oct 12, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Girl In The White Dress – Part 4 By Kerry Xiong “Mary!” Tom exclaimed through his lowering window as his car came to a stop near the curbside. He exited the car and approached Mary’s. “What are you doing here?” “I can ask you the same,” she said, now parked...
by Kim Benjamin | Oct 12, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Girl In The White Dress – Part 5 By Kerry Xiong It was 12:30 in the afternoon, and just as Shengyeng had expected, she was sitting outside on the apartment curb by the edge of the parking lot under the port not talking to other kids. She sat there alone, the...
by Kim Benjamin | Sep 17, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Girl In The White Dress – Part 3 By Kerry Xiong By the time Shengyeng arrived at Fresno, she couldn’t feel her legs. Had she been asleep that long in the car? It was already nighttime, the familiar cricket songs boomed outside her uncle’s door as they...
