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Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

A Laotian American writer, Bryan Thao Worra works actively to support Laotian, Hmong and Southeast Asian American artists and writers across the US. His books include On The Other Side Of The Eye, Touching Detonations, Winter Ink, Barrow and The Tuk Tuk Diaries: My Dinner With Cluster Bombs. He is the first Laotian American to receive a Fellowship in Literature from the United States government's National Endowment for the Arts. He has also received the Asian Pacific Leadership Award from the State Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans for Leadership in the Arts.

Poet to Poet: Britt Fleming

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

Ezra Pound once remarked "poetry is news that stays news." During this series, I wanted to see what happens when Minnesota poets are interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most.MORE »

Weaving to survive, preserving futures like treasures

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

This month at the Gordon Parks Gallery, master weaver Bounxou Chanthraphone (Daoheuang) and Laddavanh Insixiengmay opened a special exhibit, Weaving to Survive. The Gordon Parks Gallery is located in the new Library and Learning Center at 645 East Seventh Street in St. Paul. MORE »

Reflecting and preparing for Lao New Year, 2555!

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

In the past, the Lao New Year, or Phi Mai Lao, marked the end of the dry season and the beginning of the rainy season. This upcoming weekend, many of the 20,000+ Lao Minnesotans will be celebrating at the Crystal Community Center just outside of Minneapolis.MORE »

Asian American Poetry In The Year of the Dragon

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

Originally appeared in Asian American Press, March 28th, 2012

April is National Poetry Month, and this year it’s the Year of The Dragon, which practically calls out for Asian American poets to take our work up to another level.MORE »

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