The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father Contributor(s): Yang, Kao Kalia (Author) |
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ISBN: 125013188X ISBN-13: 9781250131881 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Asian & Asian American - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2015032156 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.57 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Winner of the 2017 Minnesota Book Award in Creative Nonfiction Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN USA Literary Center Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Following her award-winning memoir The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang now retells the life of her father, Bee Yang, the song poet--a Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains of Laos by America's Secret War. Bee sings the life of his people through the war-torn jungle and a Thai refugee camp. The songs fall away in the cold, bitter world of a St. Paul housing project and on the factory floor, until, with the death of Bee's mother, they leave him for good. But before they do, Bee, with his poetry, has burnished a life of poverty for his children, polishing their grim reality so that they might shine. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yang, Kao Kalia: - Kao Kalia Yang is the author of The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father, which received the 2017 Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Chautauqua Prize, and the PEN USA Literary Award. Her previous book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, also received the Minnesota Book Award. Yang, a regular contributor to NPR's On Belief, lives in Minneapolis. |