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Race, Class and Gender Book Club

March 27th, 2009, 3:30 PM
Orchard Room, Tallent Hall*
Discussion Leader: Frances Kavenik (English)

April 17th, 2009, 3:30 PM
Orchard Room, Tallent Hall*
Discussion Leader: Mary Lenard (English)

May 15th, 2009, 3:30 PM
Orchard Room, Tallent Hall*
Discussion Leader:  Mary Xiong (OMSA)

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang**
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America.  But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience has been primarily recorded by others.  Driven to tell her family’s story after her grandmother’s death, The Latehomecomer is Kao Kalia Yang’s tribute to the remarkable woman whose spirit held them all together.  It is also an eloquent, firsthand account of a people who have worked hard to make their voices heard. This author will be speaking at UW-Parkside on April 15, 2009 at noon.

The Race, Class, and Gender Book Discussion group is sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

*Tallent Hall has a parking lot, and permits are not required between 3:30-5:00pm on days of book club meetings.  Any questions call 595-2162 or email mary.chachula@uwp.edu 

** “The Latehomecomer” is being substituted for Ha Jin’s  A Free Life.



 

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