Selected Poems & Essays
I use poetry and poetic forms to reconnect with and reclaim my languages, my cultures, and my histories. Below are selected published and unpublished poems.
Poems
Self-Portrait as a Hmong Speaker
Landscape with a Field of Wild Mustard
Self-Portrait as a PhD Student in Three Parts
Articles, Essays & Interviews
Kao Kalia Yang Tells Her Family Story in “Where Rivers Part”
Books
Sawv Tsees Rov Hlo Los: A Book of Poems (Available soon)
In this first collection of poems, Pa N. Vue shares her journey of Hmong language reclamation, which mirrors her immigration journey and the social, cultural, and linguistic changes that come with movement and displacement. This collection starts out completely in English and ends almost completely in Hmong and is an invitation for others to join her in reclaiming their heritage language in ways that make sense to them.