Friends Lecture: Kao Kalia Yang
Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong American teacher, speaker, and writer. Her work crosses audiences and genres. She is the award-winning author of the memoirs The Latehomecomer, The Song Poet, Somewhere in the Unknown World, and Where Rivers Part.
She was the Minnesota Star Tribune’s 2024 Artist of the Year, and she won three Minnesota Book Awards in 2025 for her work. Her book, Where Rivers Part, is Mia’s featured book for November.
Kao Kalia Yang