· 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 Brand: Picador. Following her award-winning book 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 lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood/5. Kao Kalia Yang's The Song Poet is the beautiful, lyrical, inspiring story of her father's life and his continuous efforts to be a good father, to find magic and beauty in the world, and to inspire his children to live good lives. You will love this book/5().
A daughter tells her father's story in his own voice. Award-winning memoirist Yang (The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, ) focuses on her father, Bee Yang, who transformed his experiences and family's history into www.doorway.ru and her siblings grew up surrounded by them: "my father sings his songs, grows them into long, stretching stanzas of four or five raps, jazzes, and sings. About Kao Kalia. Kao Kalia Yang. Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong-American writer. She is the author of the memoirs The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, The Song Poet, and Somewhere in the Unknown World. Yang is also the author of the children's books A Map Into the World, The Shared Room, The Most Beautiful Thing, and Yang Warriors. Her first memoir, The Latehomecomer, which won the Minnesota Book Award, centers on her grandmother's stories, which shaped Yang's childhood. The Song Poet, winner of the Minnesota Book Award, is a tribute to her father, Bee Yang, whose "poetry shields us from the poverty of our lives.".
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. Kao Kalia Yang’s The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father was published in ; this guide refers to the Kindle edition of the text. The book won the Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Chautauqua Prize. The Song Poet presents the story of Kalia’s father, Bee Yang, as an artist and a song poet. Song poetry is a traditional form of Hmong art. The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father. Kao Kalia Yang. Macmillan, - Biography Autobiography- pages. 24Reviews. "From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her.
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