New Videos Up

While getting ready for the upcoming Parallax reading on Jan. 26th at the Loft, Pacyinz Lyfoung and I had the chance to add some new videos up over at Youtube.

The new batch in particular reflects the thin line between my work as an Asian American poet and a poet working within speculative literature- the pieces can be easily read both ways, and even in third and fourth ways.

Whorl and Imperious both first appeared in Hyphen Magazine in 2006:

Pacyinz Lyfoung, in the meantime, is continuing her work approaching Hmong history from a woman's point of view, discussing the war for Laos and her elders:

Here, she discusses the challenges and experiences as a refugee:

We're looking forward to seeing everyone who can join us on the 26th! And a special shout-out to the Loft Literary Center and Kundiman for posting nice bits about us recently! Also, as a sidenote, I've now got a page on myspace at www.myspace.com/thaoworra if you feel like stopping on by.