Kao Kalia Yang's father was a Hmong refugee who escaped after the Vietnam War. Through the tradition of song poetry, he found beauty in the world. Some of the best stories are right under your nose.

The year's best nonfiction includes St. Paul writer Kao Kalia Yang's book about her mom, a look at Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue ...

Award-wining Minnesota writer Kao Kalia Yang’s “The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father,” is the sixth title in Minnesota Center for the Book’s One Book/One Minnesota. The announcement was made Monday by ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The first Hmong story adapted for the operatic stage, St. Paul writer Kao Kalia ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — A Hmong American author just made history at the Minnesota Book Awards, becoming the first person to win three awards in a single year. "It means that the world understands how much ...

When The Voice began on Monday (March 20), viewers saw 17-year-old contestant Mariah Kalia. She said she was dorky, annoying, and more. But when fans saw her in action, she was anything but. Kalia, ...

Go and Get With Rex, by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka. (Candlewick Press, $17.99, due May 7) A perfect book for kids who know the alphabet but aren’t yet strong readers — or for any ...