Mai Der Vang
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Mai Der Vang is the author of Afterland (Graywolf Press, 2017), which recounts the Hmong exodus from Laos and the fate of thousands of refugees seeking asylum. The book received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches creative writing at California State University, Fresno.