• Experience great books, together.

    La Crosse community members and partners are invited to read and discuss Kao Kalia Yang's award-winning book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir.

    About the book

  • Kevin Yang Visit

    Hear Kevin Yang, a St. Paul-based spoken word poet, on Friday, March 8th, 2019. He will be the the keynote speaker for the 15th Annual "Widening the Circle" conference.

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  • Mai Der Vang Visit

    Come hear award-winning author Mai Der Vang on April 4th, 2019. Her debut poetry collection, Afterland, was longlisted for the National Book Award for poetry in 2017.

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    Mai Der Vang

  • An Invitation

    Calling all La Crosse community members, groups, organizations, and businesses. Read this great book and help spread the word!

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Beginning September 2018, La Crosse Reads proudly invites the La Crosse community to read and discuss The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang. Winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Awards in Creative Nonfiction/Memoir and Readers Choice. Finalist for the PEN USA Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Asian Literary Award in Nonfiction. Stay Tuned! Connect with La Crosse Reads Note: Although free copies of the book are not available at this time, you may check out or request a copy at a local library or purchase one at a local or online bookstore. Read more…Read More →

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