 Edited by Mai Neng Moua, "Bamboo Among the Oaks" features the work of 23 Hmong writers from across the country.Some wrote using pseudonyms or pen-names due to the sensitivity of their subjects and concerns that the community might not distinguish between the narrator's voice and the author.Until the 1950s the Hmong did not have a written language in the course of their 4,000 year history.