by Kim Benjamin | Jan 4, 2019 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Nkauj Yiv – A Novella Chapter 3 By Kerry Xiong Nkauj Yiv returned home that afternoon and immediately slipped out of her gown and got dressed before starting on dinner. Her father, stepmother, and stepsisters would be home any hour and she wouldn’t disappoint...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 11, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Nkauj Yiv – A Novella – Chapter 2 By Kerry Xiong Nkauj Yiv was struck in astonishment. How had this man known her name? She froze in place. “Nkauj Yiv,” he said again. Through all the white noise that surrounded them, she couldn’t tear her gaze away from...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 11, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Artist Saymoukda Vongsay Centers Lao History And Perspectives By Aarohi Narain In October this year, coming up on the 45th anniversary of Lao people arriving in Minnesota, Vongsay published her first book. Entitled When Everything Was Everything, it recalls...
by Kim Benjamin | Nov 27, 2018 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Nkauj Yiv – A Novella By Kerry Xiong Chapter 1 For the longest time in all of her eighteen years, Nkauj Yiv had known that she was destined to go to the RiverCentre New Year. It was the one place in the entire world that Hmong-Americans from all over America...
by Kim Benjamin | Nov 14, 2018 | Arts
May Lee-Yang Brings KDrama To Light By Amy Douen In August Theater Mu hosted a new May Lee-Yang play entitled, “The Korean Drama Addicts Guide to Losing Your Virginity.” Hmong Times caught up with Lee-Yang and asked her about her play. Hmong Times: How did you come...
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...
