Burlee Vang

The Dead I Know: Incantation for Rebirth Burlee Vang

Poetry. Asian American Studies. Southeast Asia Studies. The second book published by a Hmong poet by Swan Scythe Press, THE DEAD I KNOW: INCANTATION FOR REBIRTH is winner of the Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest 2010. Burlee Vang's poetry is a powerful testament to the human spirit in a time of harshness--in times of war and struggle. That's what the reader is in for, in this undertow of a book. Burlee Vang is part of everything and everybody he writes about, from growling stomachs to the tiger's roar. This is a persuasive debut--Sandra McPherson.