Fish Soup
Who would've guessed that the key to understanding The Spirit Catches You would be a steaming bowl of fish soup? Whether that sounds appetizing or like a particularly fragrant euphemism to you, her...
Epilepsy
If you want to see the cultural difference between Americans and the Hmong, then look no further than their respective views on epilepsy. Which is obviously the first thing you're bound to talk abo...
Ritual
In a way, we can look at most of The Spirit Catches You as preparation for the final chapter, in which the family holds a neeb ceremony for Lia. After all, a friend in neeb is a friend indeeb. Anyw...