Hmong society has no literary tradition. “The first Hmong writing system was developed by Catholic missionaries in the 1950s. Until then, all storytelling was spoken.” So a new book collecting young Hmong writers’ work is something extraordinary.
Hmong society has no literary tradition. “The first Hmong writing system was developed by Catholic missionaries in the 1950s. Until then, all storytelling was spoken.” So a new book collecting young Hmong writers’ work is something extraordinary.