Ka Vang 
The Good Hmong Girl Eats Raw Laab 

With humor and sensitivity, poet, playwright, and writer Ka Vang examines and critiques what it means to be “a good Hmong girl” in America today. Excerpted from Hmong and American: From Refugees to Citizens (MHS Press, 2012).

About the author

Ka Vang was born in Long Cheng, Laos. Her writing has been included in several anthologies, including Riding Shotgun (ed. Kathryn Kysar, Borealis Books, 2008); Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades (ed. Catherine Lundoff, Lethe, 2008); Bamboo Among the Oaks (ed. Mai Neng Moua, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002); and Charlie Chan Is Dead 2 (ed. Jessica Hagedorn, Penguin, 2004). Among her many plays, “DISCONNECT” is the most well known and has been performed across the country, including in New York.