Afterland: Poems

Afterland was awarded the 2016 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. In the collection, Mai Der Vang tells the story of her family Hmong who were forced out of Laos and into the lives of refugees living in exile. A story that is often lost to history, Afterland describes the devastation of the Hmong culture, as well as it's remarkable resilience in the face of violence and displacement.