by Kim Benjamin | Jan 31, 2021 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Parents And The Girl, Again By Kerry Xiong “Did you cook that?” asked her elder sister to her other sister. The girl was silent, observant. It was Nava, a traditional Hmong dessert of colored tapioca pearls and jelly in coconut and sugar syrup. Each jelly was so...
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 18, 2021 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Girl And The Restaurant By Kerry Xiong The girl pulled up her socks some more before entering through the restaurant door. Winter was starting to get to her. Her socks were Dollar Tree quality, threads porously woven into a thin sheath for her feet and ankles....
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 10, 2021 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Woman And The Girl, Again By Kerry Xiong The girl’s heart dropped. Angst rushed down her chest and down to her belly and inside her intestines. A customer had marched up to the girl’s desk and pounded one hand down on the checkout counter. The girl tensed. She...
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 10, 2021 | Arts, Home Page Slider
KUV POG: A New Hmong Literacy Book By Fue Yang As a child growing up, Xe Yang, a new Hmong author of the book, KUV POG, had always dreamed of traveling and experiencing new things like the character she wrote in her book. “As a child, my dream was to travel to the...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 24, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Guy and the Girl, Again By Kerry Xiong “Hey, how are you?” asked the guy. The girl sighed louder than usual. Though it was Friday night, it felt like a Monday morning. The girl was in her oversized sweatshirt and panty already curled up in bed. But she felt...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 17, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Laundry And The Girl By Kerry Xiong Bristles of hair stood erect on her bare legs as she tiptoed across the cracking ice sheets melting on the sidewalk. The girl wore a skirt again to work that day. She liked skirts, even in wintertime. It was nearly mid...
