Lake Agassiz Regional Library will host author visits featuring Minnesota author Kao Kalia Yang at the Moorhead and Detroit Lake Public Libraries. Yang will discuss her latest books, including Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother’s Life, which chronicles her mother’s journey from wartorn Laos to a refugee camp and eventually to the United States. Hear about Yang’s experience writing across genres and for different audiences. Kao Kalia Yang is the author of a number of award-winning titles, including The Latehomecomer, The Song Poet and Somewhere in the Unknown World. 

The tour is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and will include visits to the following locations:

Detroit Lakes Public Library, 1000 Washington Ave., on Friday, Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m.

Moorhead Public Library, 118 5th St. S., on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.

Admission is free thanks in part to funding from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Legacy Fund. More information is available at larl.org/legacy.