Yellow Rain Asian American

Yellow Rain Asian AmericanMai Der Vang In this staggering work of documentary, poetry, and collage, Mai Der Vang reopens a wrongdoing that deserves a new reckoning. As the United States abandoned them at the end of its war in Vietnam, many Hmong refugees recounted stories of a mysterious substance that fell from planes during their escape from Laos starting in the mid 1970s. This substance, known as yellow rain, caused severe illnesses and thousands of deaths. These reports

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in which poets who lived through the uprising were able to turn their experiences into poetry

at once playful and sincere

de patriarch Abraham

Tot die delicate dynastie van gefnuikte personages

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First published by United Artists

We vroegen een zevental schrijvers uit Vlaanderen en Nederland om te reageren op de door de redactie geselecteerde teksten uit het archief

and has translated poets including Paul Blackburn

Utterly rejecting the lies and logic of capitalism

maar herkenbare wereld op waarin de jonge scholier weliswaar in bedreigende situaties verzeilt

and author of nineteen books including Chelsea Girls