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Author Archives: May Lee-Yang

May Lee-Yang is a playwright, poet, prose writer, performance artist, and teacher. Her current projects include a memoir about her relationship with ghosts and a collaborative documentary project on how the pandemic has shaped the way Hmong people say goodbye to the dead.

Posted inArts

Catch photographer Pao Houa Her’s show at the Walker Art Center before it closes

by May Lee-Yang January 9, 2023January 10, 2023

Pao Houa Her’s solo show, Paj qaum ntuj/Flowers Of The Sky, opened last summer at the Walker Art Center and closes on January 22. The images were taken around Mount Shasta, California, where many Hmong people own and operate marijuana grow farms.

Posted inCOMMUNITY VOICES

Lee-Yang: Surviving COVID presented the Hmong community with an impossible choice. Mourn the dead together or stay safe on our own?

by May Lee-Yang May 21, 2021May 21, 2021
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May Lee-Yang on the killing of Hmong women: ‘I am past anger. I am past community conversations. I want vengeance. I want justice for the dead.’

by May Lee-Yang April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

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