The Bridgewater State University Visiting Authors Series presents an afternoon with acclaimed writer, Kao Kalia Yang.
Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong American teacher, speaker, and writer. Her work crosses audiences and genres. She is the award-winning author of the memoirs, The Latehomecomer, The Song Poet, Somerwhere in the Unknown World, and Where Rivers Part. Yang co-edited the groundbreaking book, What God is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss By and For Native Women and Women of Color. Her children's books center Hmong children and families who live in our world, who dream, hurt, and hope in it.
Yang holds an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Carleton College. She's Star Tribune's 2024 Artist of the Year. She is a McKnight, Soros, and Guggenheim fellow.