“Coldness settles again in my stomach. I do not want a nice Hmong girl. I want a nice Egyptian boy who teaches… — Rose Christo Copy Share Image
Usually, Hmong funerals last several days and our whole family comes together for it. It's a Hmong tradition to fold thousands of… — Sunisa Lee Copy Share Image
“I was struck - not for the first time in my years of travel - by how isolating contemporary American society can… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Timothy Dunnigan: The kinds of metaphorical language that we use to describe the Hmong say far more about us, and our attachment… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
“The Hmong have a phrase, hais cuaj txub kaum txub, which means “to speak of all kinds of things.” It is often… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
“We'd better go," I say. "It's time for you to make Hmong babies." Toua pulls free from my grasp. "You little--" "Go.… — Rose Christo Copy Share Image
“I told her we will not become the birds or the bees. We will become Hmong, and we will build a strong… — Kao Kalia Yang Copy Share Image
“The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which,… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
