saymoukda

Lao American refugee poet, playwright, cultural producer, teaching artist.

[saymoukda @refugenius]

second chances happen more than you know. so, dont worry about fucking up too much.

[saymoukda @refugenius]

once you have made someone laugh, you’ve seen inside their body.

[Playwrights' Center @pwcenter]

Congratulations to PWC affiliated writer @refugenius! Tonight she'll be honored with the @TheOrdway's 2019 Sally Award for Initiative for her work sharing refugee experiences through poetry, theater, and experimental cultural production. https://t.co/6K2RGoLYea

[diaCRITICS @dia_CRITICS]

The displacement felt in these moments is like a gut punch & I can feel my children feeling it, through my feeling it. They watch me as I read to them. I, too, am a refugee, I tell them.

—Elizabeth Tran reviews @refugenius "When Everything Was Everything"
https://t.co/W6dbORO5tR

[Hennepin County Library @hclib]

Find @refugenius's "When Everything Was Everything" in our libraries: https://t.co/q77c6S4Az3

[Mpls.St.Paul Magazine @mspmag]

Get to know Saymoukda Vongsay (@refugenius), who has written the most popular St. Paul poem of the 21st century. https://t.co/4DV9cj2Hju

[Massachusetts Review @MassReview]

We talked #zombies, the Babysitters Club, and playwriting with @refugenius in our latest #10Questions: https://t.co/mL2KpCZjhg

[Mn Artists @mnartists]

Welcome Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay as the next guest editor of Mn Artists! She will be commissioning original arts writing over the next 3 months, featuring 10 Asian Pacific Islander American artists responding to the idea, "what would it mean for you to be given agency?"

[mn original @mnoriginal]

Set your clocks - we've got a brand new episode premiering on TPT at 6PM on Sunday! Photographer Jovan Speller (@FromRootToRise), Alison Hiltner (@hiltner_alison) & Northern Spark Festival (@NL_mn), Maxine Davis, and Saymoukda Vongsay (@refugenius) make their broadcast debut!

[Magers & Quinn @magersandquinn]

Oh, gosh, did this book make us feel feelings. Tomorrow at 5pm, writer @refugenius, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, will join illustrator Cori Lin to talk about When Everything Was Everything, which is one heartwarming project. (11/4, 5pm).

https://t.co/V9KDU9t9Nd

[John Schaidler @writefooted]

"When Everything Was Everything"
Written by @refugenius
Illustrated by Cori Nakamura Lin
Drops Wednesday, October 10, 2018

[mn original @mnoriginal]

Centered in her #Lao #refugee experience, #poet and #playwright Saymoukda Vongsay's work connects communities.
Her new #childrens #book When Everything Was Everything - #MN's first Lao-American picture book - goes on sale October 10.

Watch: https://t.co/HRatUQr2e7

@refugenius

[thaoworra @thaoworra]

Proud of Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay the @Refugenius who brought you Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals, When Everything Was Everything, No Regrets, and so many other great projects. A good documentary and it's wonderful to see how far she's gone since... https://t.co/JfXy8AUqZc

[John Schaidler @writefooted]

Check out this wonderful piece from @tpt about @refugenius, author of the forthcoming picture book, "When Everything Was Everything."
#OwnVoices #WeNeedDiverseBooks #kidlit
#picturebook #ChildrensBooks #Refugenius #PBS https://t.co/puHcsaCede

[mn original @mnoriginal]

Season 9 of @mnoriginal kicks off October 14 on TPT2 featuring @LiquidMusicSPCO @TUDance @boniver @vanwierenlaurie @hiltner_alison @_LAZERBEAK_ @TakeUp @InteractArts @ifrahMansour @CarlosGphoto @Joynoelle @MovingBrownbody @noraborealis @refugenius @alisonvprice and more!

[saymoukda @refugenius]

#facts #VMAS2018

[TC World Refugee Day @TCrefugeeday]

We're excited to welcome Saymoukda as a performer at Twin Cities World Refugee Day this year.

Get to know her at https://t.co/mgTeXfD2Ai and keep up with her at @Refugenius!

[Saint Paul Almanac @stpaulalmanac]

More than a couple of Almanac's finest. Starts at 5 p.m. tonight!
#oursaintpaul
@refugenius
@IBeKaba