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My friend Bryan asked that I post this on my blog. So here it is. For those interested, he also has a Wikipedia entry.

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Asian American poet and writer Bryan Thao Worra will be a special guest at Diversicon 14, in addition to the Guest of Honor, publisher and writer Kelly Link. The convention will be held in Bloomington, MN at the Holiday Inn Select from August 11-13th. Posthumous guests of honor include Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain and Robert Wise.

Diversicon is an annual convention for fans and writers of speculative fiction, a genre that includes fantasy, science fiction, horror and multi-genre works. For more information, you can visit the website at http://www.diversicon.org/. It's lots of fun!

Bryan Thao Worra's work has appeared in over 50 publications, including the Paj Ntaub Voice Hmong literary journal, Speakeasy, the Journal of the Asian American Renaissance, Astropoetica, Urban Pioneer, the Book of Dark Wisdom, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, G-Fan (the international journal of godzilla fans), and a forthcoming issue of Tales of the Unanticipated. You can visit his website at http://members.aol.com/thaoworra

Diversicon will also feature special panels by other Asian American poets and writers from the Midwest and is certain to be a unique, historic and lively gathering.

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