by Zach Miller
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"The Song Poet" is the sixth selection for One Book | One Minnesota, Minnesota's statewide book club. A free virtual author discussion with Kao Kalia Yang will take place Thursday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m. The book and audiobook are both available via Ebooks Minnesota.
"The Song Poet" is the sixth selection for One Book | One Minnesota, Minnesota's statewide book club. A free virtual author discussion with Kao Kalia Yang will take place Thursday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m. The book and audiobook are both available through December 19 via Ebooks Minnesota.
"The Song Poet" chronicles the experiences of the author's father, Bee Yang, and his Hmong family's life in Laos, their time in a refugee camp, and their struggles immigrating to Minnesota. The book won a Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award as well as the Chautauqua Prize. The Saint Paul Pioneer Press called it "An elegantly written, moving testament to so many aspects of the human experience."
To register for the author discussion, visit the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library's online Zoom registration form.
