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Bryan Thao Worra is the first Laotian American writer to hold a Fellowship in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is the award-winning author of several books including On The Other Side Of The Eye, BARROW, Winter Ink, Tanon Sai Jai, Touching Detonations, and The Tuk-Tuk Diaries: My Dinner With Cluster Bombs.

He is the creative works editor for the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and the Arts and Entertainment Editor for Asian American Press. He works actively to support the work of Lao and Southeast Asian American writers across the country.



In the course of preparing for DEMONSTRA, I had to look through a lot of our classical folklore and contemporary literature. I now feel confident to say Lao horror can be distinguished by a consistent incorporation of dark humor almost verging on slapstick.

Cinematically, I think a Lao writer could easily have done films like "Re-Animator," "Drag Me to Hell" or "Army of Darkness," but would have... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.85 · 170 ratings · 40 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors
On The Other Side Of The Eye
4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2007
BARROW
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009
Demonstra
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Tanon Sai Jai
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Between Souls
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
Historical Lovecraft
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
Future Lovecraft
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3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Nothing but Readi...: Log For Keeping Track of Authors From Other Countries 17 240 Feb 26, 2013 01:11pm  
“From the age of 6 I had a mania for drawing the shapes of things. When I was 50 I had published a universe of designs. But all I have done before the the age of 70 is not worth bothering with. At 75 I'll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am 80 you will see real progress. At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At 100, I shall be a marvelous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my self 'The Old Man Mad About Drawing.”
Hokusai Katsushika

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Alien  Citizen Thanks for the comment Bryan! I've only just realized that people are leaving me comments on my profile. How exciting. I see you are a newly published poet...I can't wait to read your book!


Aberjhani Please allow me to congratulate you on the publication of ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EYE. It sounds like an exciting and groundbreaking work. I wish you much success with it and hope to read it in the not-too-distant future.

Poet-I-Am Aberjhani


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