Tuesday, May 7, 2024  |  5pm [doors at 4:30p]

Free, registration required

Presented by the Winona Public Library with presenting partner, the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.

The Southeast Libraries Cooperating (SELCO) Minnesota Author tour brings author, Kao Kalia Yang, to Winona and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) on May 7. Kao Kalia Yang’s book, The Most Beautiful Thing, illustrated by Khoa Le (Lerner Publishing, Carolrhoda Books, 2020), is one of two books that are featured in the current book arts exhibition at MMAM Across a Wide Ocean: Remarkable Stories about the Origins of Identity. The program will be held in the Across a Wide Ocean gallery, and will be followed by a book signing in the museum’s atrium. MMAM has the author’s books for sale in the MMAM Shoppe. 

This tour is brought to you by both SELCO and the Minnesota Arts, Cultural, and Legacy Amendment. Learn more about the Minnesota Author Tour.

Kao Kalia Yang

Kao Kalia Yang’s work crosses audiences and genres to center the Hmong experience in America. Her books have won multiple awards and include The Late Homecomer, The Song Poet, The Most Beautiful Thing, and more.