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...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 1, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 7 By Kerry Xiong Peng A moment in time, Peng was driving from school. Farming was the worst thing on his mind. He hated the thought of farming. It actually made him sick. Sometimes, he even needed to lay down when he thought...
by Kim Benjamin | Mar 8, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 6 By Kerry Xiong Gaojia, Cuaj Leeg’s Daughter “Hi! Tuaj los (You’ve come)?” greeted auntie Chong, her mom’s older sister. Gaojia just nodded. She didn’t like to try her skill at responding in Hmong because, well, her Hmong sucked,...
by Kim Benjamin | Feb 14, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 5 By Kerry Xiong Funeral drums rumbled at the front of the crowd. Children and adults sat cross-legged on the ground, each holding an unlit incense stick, all bowing their heads as the Txiv Qeej bowed his qeej and raised a leg in...
by Kim Benjamin | Feb 14, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Nuj Yob: The Hmong Jungle Book Hmong Educational Resources Publisher This rich fairy tale, traditionally shared through oral, Hmong storytelling, is finally published by the Hmong Educational Resources Publisher, written and described by Dr. Kou Yang, with...
by Kim Benjamin | Feb 9, 2020 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Black Ice – A Novella Chapter 4 By Kerry Xiong Hmong Village, is it a village? Or a ghost town? Ntsuab has always seen it as the latter. Everywhere she looked, there was loss. Such a loss it was – the sweaty boiled chicken and the now-slimy pork ear laab...
