The Syracuse University Humanities Center presents, as part of its 2026-27 Syracuse Symposium on Dreams
Seeds in a Rapid River: KAO KALIA YANG's Collective Storytelling
Thursday, September 24, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St, Syracuse
Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong American teacher, speaker and writer whose work crosses audiences and genres. She is the award-winning author of the memoirs, The Latehomecomer, The Song Poet, Somewhere 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 and middle-grade books center Hmong children and families who live in our world, who dream, hurt, and hope in it. Yang's work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Chautauqua Prize, the PEN America literary awards, the Dayton's Literary Peace Prize, as Notable Books by the American Library Association, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, Bank Street College Award, and garnered seven Minnesota Book Awards. She's Star Tribune's 2024 Artist of the Year. Yang holds an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Carleton College. She is a McKnight, Soros, and Guggenheim Fellow.
Please note: the Writers Voice is a co-sponsor of this event, and we will not be able to provide our usual online stream. The presentation is in-person only at the Community Folk Art Center.