by Kim Benjamin | Sep 22, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
The Woman And The Girl – Chapter 1 By Kerry Xiong “How was your day?” asked the girl. “How was my day?” answered the woman with an elongated sigh. “My day was… good.” She tiptoed, lifted her hip, and planted her bottom firmly on the wheeled office...
by Kim Benjamin | Sep 1, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Thao: PhD Student & Author By Fue Yang Ger Thao is currently pursuing her PhD in education and will be the first in her family to graduate with a doctorate degree. It is Thao’s hope and dream to inspire and develop curriculum that will support bilingual...
by Kim Benjamin | May 19, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
A New Journey By Fue Yang Many Hmong Americans can trace their families back to refugee camps and farming villages. They remember and were told stories about a time when walking to the nearest school took hours, and only a few boys had the privilege of receiving...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 29, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 10 – The Finale By Kerry Xiong Maiv: Dearest, My Love. No matter how many times I think about it, I am not able to let you go, my love. Don’t mistake me. It has nothing to do with how you came into my life. Nor does it...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 14, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 9 By Kerry Xiong Cuaj Leeg: Funeral drums rumbled at the front of the crowd. A wedge of wood held the double doors wide open, as if welcoming spirits of all sort. Incoming was a trail of people, couples carrying Kawm (hmong...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 1, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 8 By Kerry Xiong Niam Yim Leej Snow didn’t know to fall on the refugee campground. That was the only home she’d ever known. Though she and her husband Yim Leej had settled their little family in Minnesota one fateful winter of...