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...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 17, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Hmong Archives Received Hmong Cultural Heritage Microgrant To Preserve And Publish Martha L. Zimmerman Paj Ntaub Collection By Fue Yang Dr. Brian Xiong: When my mother, Porche Yang, died in 2011, I didn’t get the chance to record her paj ntaub story. I am glad that...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 17, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Guy And The Girl By Kerry Xiong “What changed you?” asked the bearded guy on the other end of the video line. This was the second time they’d video called, and the girl found most intriguing the red forest hairs invading the guy’s cheeks and upper lip, each...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 2, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Pangea World Theater Presented Second Annual Lake Street Story Circles Cohort Performance By Emily Meenan I am amazed again and again by the power of Story Circles and creating from that place. As artists the time for deep listening, the curiosity and questions...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 2, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Letter And The Girl By Kerry Xiong “What are you doing here?” asked the girl, eyes staring toward the window. Cars drove away in single file like the migrating of birds. The workday was done, and traffic had to be beat. Quite like the girl, her emotions defeated...
by Kim Benjamin | Oct 28, 2020 | Arts
The Parents And The Girl By Kerry Xiong Winter settled on the girl’s palm as she turned the perfectly egg-shaped brass doorknob ever so gently. The subtle hairs on her forearms rose like spikes as a waft of cooked brown rice raped her nostrils. Aromatic...
