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Thaoworra

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About me

I work actively to support Laotian, Hmong and Southeast Asian American artists and writers across the US. I have received funding and support from the Loft Literary Center, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Favorite Places: 
The Loft Literary Center, Intermedia Arts
Personal Web site: 
On The Other Side of the Eye
Twitter: 
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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 »

Poet to Poet: Kathryn Kysar

By Bryan Thao Worra

Often, as poets, when we do interviews we approach them in a journalistic fashion, even as Ezra Pound reminds us, "poetry is news that stays news." Over the next few months, I wanted to see what would happen if Minnesota poets were interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most.MORE »

Lao writer joins Intermedia Arts, Asian Pacific Endowment boards

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

Award-winning Lao American writer Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay was recently appointed to the board of directors for Intermedia Arts and also as a member of the board of the Asian Pacific Endowment Fund of the St. Paul Foundation/MN Philanthropy Partners.MORE »

Legacies of War applauds increased aid for Lao UXO clearance

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

Legacies of War exhibited in Minnesota in October, 2010 at Intermedia Arts to raise awareness of the lingering problem of unexploded bombs left over in Laos from the secret bombings of the 20th Century.

Recently, they announced that Congress has appropriated $9 Million for UXO Activities in Laos for FY12MORE »

Poet to Poet: Sharon Chmielarz

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

Often, as poets, when we do interviews we approach them in a journalistic fashion, even as Ezra Pound reminds us, "poetry is news that stays news." Over the next few months, I wanted to see what would happen if Minnesota poets were interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most.MORE »

Poet to Poet: John C. Rezmerski

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

Often, as poets, when we do interviews we approach them in a journalistic fashion, even as Ezra Pound reminds us, "poetry is news that stays news." Over the next few months, I wanted to see what would happen if Minnesota poets were interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most. To that end, John C.MORE »

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