Our final public La Crosse Reads 2019 event is on Tuesday, April 9th, at 5:30pm, beginning at the corner of King/5th Street in Cameron Park. We have collaborated with Hear, Here to offer a specialized tour focusing on stories of Hmoob immigration, developed by Associate Director of Hear, Here and Associate Archives Librarian at the La Crosse Public Library, Jenny DeRocher. The tour will highlight local stories and histories that resonate with Kao Kalia Yang’s The Latehomecomer, elevating those voices from our community that join the novel in weaving a rich and varied tapestry of the Hmoob experience in the upper Midwest.
Questions and accommodations: Dr. Natalie Eschenbaum, Associate Professor and Chair of English, neschenbaum(at)uwlax.edu