Monthly Archives: January, 2013

Vincent Lam’s The Headmaster’s Wager

In this review of The Headmaster's Wager, a first novel by Vincent Lam, Vinh Nguyen finds sociohistorical and cultural value in the rare portrayal...

The Films of Nguyen Trinh Thi at Cycle 84–a hub of Cinema in Paris

Do you want to support the arts?  Do you think international cinema is the hallmark of global citizenship? Then this event might just be...

Khanh Ho: A Vietnamese American Detective Novel: Unheard of?

A writer, critic, professor and world traveler confesses a terrible, trashy secret:  his love of detective fiction.  In an essay that yokes his experiences...

What Happened in December 2012: Some News and Events

What happened in December 2012: news and events relating to the Vietnamese diaspora and Vietnamese in Vietnam.Viet Kieu in the newsThe Do family talks...

Interview with Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde: We’re not just boat people

An Interview with Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde--scholar, activist, writer--touches upon the many journeys made in the production of her book:  Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community, Culture,...

Monique Truong in Singapore

diaCRITICS periodically posts blog entries from other places. This slightly revised review of Monique Truong's work and interview with the author is by Audrey Chin of oddznns; you...

A Review of Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde’s Transnationalizing Viet Nam

How can we begin to understand the transnational ties that bind us both to the United States and Vietnam?  How do ordinary people negotiate...

Highlights from DVAN 4th Annual Holiday Literary Night

diaCRITICS celebrated with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) on its 4th Annual Holiday Literary Night on Friday, December 28th, in San Francisco. DVAN, an...

Top Ten Most Critical of December 2012 and the Year 2012

The Top Ten most read posts of December on diaCRITICS, and for all posts published in 2012,  for your reading enjoyment. Read your favorites...

Editor’s Choice: Highlights from diaCRITICS 2012

diaCRITICS editor Viet Thanh Nguyen picks his top ten posts of 2012. Happy New Year! As I write this, I'm having Apocalypse Now flashbacks. A...