Essays
Quyen Truong on ‘Art-Smart’ — Art, Education, and Social Justice
Here diaCRITICS reprints Quyen Truong’s guest blog post on being Art-Smart, her contribution on the role of art in one artist’s life. As she explains, “For many years, art was the one place where I felt completely free to do whatever I please.” This freedom was even more necessarily, in light of the constraining realities of daily life in an immigrant …(read more)
The Education of Aimee Phan: On the Importance of Book Covers
diaCRITICS has the special opportunity to gain insight into the Vietnamese American writer’s workings. Aimee Phan, author of short story …(read more)
Xuân Này Con Không Về – I Won’t Be Home for Spring (New Year)
Sonny Le, previously featured in his piece about his journey from Viet Nam and 25 Hawkins Road, now shares his feelings, …(read more)
A Meditation on the Mixed-Race Politics of My Homegirl Maggie Q
diaCRITICS has talked about actress Maggie Q in a review about Nikita and reading Nikita as a postfeminist show. Here, …(read more)
An Ode to “ơi”
In this short piece, erin Khue Ninh, editor and educator, ponders about the nuances of the Vietnamese language and in particular, …(read more)
Atone: The Writing of Wayne Karlin
Atonement is often described as the closing of chapters or the completion of a cycle, when the story comes to …(read more)
Learn Vietnamese
For every reason to learn a language -let’s just say Vietnamese for example-, there is a corresponding method. Some learn …(read more)
For a Bag of Coffee (Giá của một gói cà phê)
Vietnam is simultaneously a major exporter of coffee (2nd largest in the world) and a primary source country for trafficked …(read more)
Lists of Discovery
Do cars stop for you at intersections? Can you tell when a papaya will ripen? Is Heineken your beer of …(read more)
Poor Richard's Rise: Linh Dinh on American Democracy
Linh Dinh argues that it’s time for the United States to be a real democracy again and not a warmongering …(read more)
