In the fourth episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu speaks with Hmong American playwright and performer Katie Ka Vang about the role of theater in shaping identity, memory, and community. From childhood afternoons spent absorbing her parents’ stories to navigating questions of belonging in Colorado classrooms, Vang recalls how storytelling became both a source of wonder and resilience. She reflects on the influence of Hmong oral traditions and tonal inflections in her writing,...
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In the fourth episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu speaks with Hmong American playwright and performer Katie Ka Vang about the role of theater in shaping identity, memory, and community. From childhood afternoons spent absorbing her parents’ stories to navigating questions of belonging in Colorado classrooms, Vang recalls how storytelling became both a source of wonder and resilience. She reflects on the influence of Hmong oral traditions and tonal inflections in her writing,...
Writing from the Gap: A Conversation with Kao Kalia Yang
Culture, Power, and the Pen
21 minutes
4 months ago
Writing from the Gap: A Conversation with Kao Kalia Yang
In this debut episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu sits down with award-winning Hmong-American author Kao Kalia Yang to explore the role of storytelling in reclaiming identity, preserving culture, and healing from generational trauma. From her childhood in a Thai refugee camp to her life as a celebrated writer in Minnesota, Yang shares how memory, language, and literature have shaped her identity. They talk about everything from Hmong New Year traditions and mochi-making to j...
Culture, Power, and the Pen
In the fourth episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu speaks with Hmong American playwright and performer Katie Ka Vang about the role of theater in shaping identity, memory, and community. From childhood afternoons spent absorbing her parents’ stories to navigating questions of belonging in Colorado classrooms, Vang recalls how storytelling became both a source of wonder and resilience. She reflects on the influence of Hmong oral traditions and tonal inflections in her writing,...
