Source question 50. featured Nk'riters arc in their ttentieS and ihi4ties 50 and live in tbe Nlidwesi. Many 2re first-generation An]ericans Th,ho were born in t4e rnountain regions of ers included in the <yroup o twenty-two Ki r.n re featured in this collection !'oun17 Hmong Americarj writers whose work co,. leciLI".ely creates this anthology •• Vietnafft, Laos, and Cambodia, the traditional home of the Hrnon(T -y records the The works in Moua's alltholoo 51 chall¢nLYes of adjusiing io a Dew homeland while .51. A. NO CHknNTGE recordino Tecord preseTring the writers, ethnic traditions. The voices in Ibe collection are i'ibraDt and neTh', from Th'riters who are grounded in Hrnong culture, A common therne in Moua's collection is the search for identit).. Speciilc . topics include assimilation, group identification, and gender and uenerational conflicl. [1] Before publishing BGmboo Among rhe Oaks, Moua founded the first Hmong American liierary jouTal. [2] To fill ihÉS gap. she decided to nuriure the talent of Ymolltr Ameican writers by ¢reatinc* Paj.NzaL£b Voice, a btliDgual
