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    Minnesota author, Kao Kalia Yang, astounded the literary scene with her memoir, Latehomecomer, about her journey from a Thailand refugee camp to St. Paul, Minnesota. Yang's book earned her a Minnesota Book Awards for memoir/creative nonfiction as well as the Reader's Choice Award--the first book to ever win two awards. Produced by mn original: http://mnoriginal.org
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