Gut-wrenching collection of poetry, news clippings, government documents that tell of the atrocities and cover up of biochemical weapons used on the Hmong population. Extensive notes in the last part of the book document the research done by this author. A story that needed to be told, using poetry was an effective way to grip the reader.

Yellow Rain will break you. Because you will want to be broken by it. Mai Der Vang has made a masterful collection of memories, found objects, family portraits, and rebirths and turned them into a poetry collection. Yellow Rain's beauty and honesty will stay with you and mould you into a new being.