Yearly Archives: 2010
First Take: “New Voices From Vietnam” Film Series
I've gone to two of the "New Voices from Vietnam" film series events in Los Angeles, the opening night screening of Phan Dang Di's...
Bao Phi on a Decade of Asian Am Spoken Word
Bao Phi has been a visionary performance poet since 1991, and is the best Vietnamese spoken word artist out there, period. Heck, he's in the...
‘Quiet As They Come’—An Interview With Author Angie Châu
diaCRITICS is reposting this interview which originally appeared at New America Media. You can also check out the diaCRITICS review of Angie's book.San Francisco...
Ho Down: Long March’s ‘Ho Chi Minh Trail Project’
This entry is a snapshot of the Phnom Penh, Cambodia leg of the Ho Chi Minh Trail project, an internationally traveling exchange of artists...
A teacher’s reach—offering a new culture, new possibilities
diaCRITICS reposts this essay by Andrew Lam, the co-founder of New America Media. This piece is adapted from "My Teacher, My Friend" in his...
Conjurer of Destinies: Monique Truong’s Bitter in the Mouth
diaCRITICS will periodically post blogs from other places. This reposted review is by guest blogger Thuy Dinh, a practicing attorney and the editor of the...
Thao Nguyen Music Video directed by Glee’s head cheerleader
Giving the organization, Oxfam America, exclusive world premiere rights Thao Nguyen releases her new music video for "Body" off her second release "Know Better...
2 Viet Am Films @ the San Diego Asian Film Fest
At the 11th annual San Diego Asian Film Festival that kicked off on October 21st, a screening entitled “Young and Restless” featured two shorts...
Like the fading of a dream: Thuận’s ‘Chinatown’
Chinatown is Thuận’s second novel; her first to be translated into French, and published by a major French publisher, Le Seuil, in early 2009. Chinatown...
A Second Review of Linh Dinh’s Love Like Hate
In 2021, it came to our attention that the featured writer, Linh Dinh, has expressed anti-Black, anit-Semitic, and overall harmful views since the publication...