Mai Der Vang is the author of Afterland (Graywolf Press, ), which recounts the Hmong exodus from Laos and the fate of thousands of refugees seeking asylum. The book received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches creative writing at California State University, Fresno. Maiv Dawb Vaj. AFTERLAND. Twitter. This year’s book, Afterland by Mai Der Vang, was a definite hit. Like Shirali’s Gilt from my last post, Vang’s Afterland brings us the poetry of immigration, this time from the Hmong point of view and with the added horror of being displaced by violence rather than by www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins.
AFTERLAND by Mai Der Vang (Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minn., ) When I first began reading through Mai Der Vang's AFTERLAND—specifically the first two sections—I started to feel an unexpected disquiet. Unexpectedly, I began to meditate on Beauty and its role in a tragedy / disaster / crime-against-humanity. Mai Der Vang Graywolf Press ($16) by John Bradley "Make me the monarch / morphed from suffering" states a section title of Mai Der Vang's debut book of poetry, www.doorway.ru's referring to the suffering of the Hmong due to the Vietnam war, or more specifically the "secret war" in Laos, where many Hmong lived. The winner of the Walt Whitman Award, Afterland tells the personal story of Mai Der Vang's family alongside the broader cultural story of the Hmong people and their exodus from Laos. Walt Whitman Award judge Carolyn Forché writes of the collection: "Afterland has haunted me. I keep returning to read these poems aloud, hearing in them a language at once atavistic, contemporary, and.
This year’s book, Afterland by Mai Der Vang, was a definite hit. Like Shirali’s Gilt from my last post, Vang’s Afterland brings us the poetry of immigration, this time from the Hmong point of view and with the added horror of being displaced by violence rather than by choice. Mai Der Vang’s debut collection, Afterland, is an unforgettable and evocative book. The poems are full of smoke and ghosts, the kinds of lingering that make history manifest. The poems are full of smoke and ghosts, the kinds of lingering that make history manifest. Afterland is a powerful, essential collection of poetry that recounts with devastating detail the Hmong exodus from Laos and the fate of thousands of refugees seeking asylum. Mai Der Vang is telling the story of her own family and by doing so, she also provides an essential history of the Hmong culture’s ongoing resilience in exile.
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