Reviews
A Review of Nguyễn Quí Đức’s ‘Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family’
diaCRITICS will periodically have guest blogs. Here’s one from Stephen Sohn, professor of English at Stanford University, where he is completing a manuscript on Asian American cultural production. He often reviews Asian American literature at his blog. Here’s Stephen Sohn’s review for Nguyễn Quí Đức’s 1994 memoir, Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family. Do you enjoy reading diaCRITICS? Then please consider subscribing! …(read more)
A Review of Jenna Le’s ‘Six Rivers’
diaCRITICS special contributor Sahra Vang Nguyen reviews Jenna Le’s brand-new book of poetry Six Rivers. Jenna Le, a second generation …(read more)
A Review of Andrew Lam’s ‘East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres’
diaCRITICS will periodically have guest blogs. Here’s one from Paul Lai, a master’s student of library science at St. Catherine University, …(read more)
Call and Response—A Review of Bao Phi’s ‘Sông I Sing’
BiblioPhi-lia! Here diaCRITICS managing editor Julie Thi Underhill reviews Bao Phi’s debut poetry collection Sông I Sing, released in October by Coffee …(read more)
Michele Janette’s ‘My Viet’—A Review by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud
Two groundbreaking books on Vietnamese American literature released in one year!? Here DVAN founder Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, author of This Is All …(read more)
It takes a circus: Xiec Lang Toi, Part III
This is the story of how three men became a circus that became a village. In the third and last installment …(read more)
It takes a circus: Xiec Lang Toi, Part II
From one man’s a dream to a village of a circus. In the second part of the series on the …(read more)
It takes a circus: Xiec Lang Toi, Part I
Who doesn’t love a circus? With a three-part series, diaCRITICS’ guest France correspondent Ly Lan Dill takes us to the …(read more)
Gene Yang & Thien Pham’s Level Up: Review & Comic-Con
Gene Luen Yang, writer, and Thien Pham, illustrator, team up for the graphic novel, Level Up. diaCRITIC Jade Hidle gives …(read more)
Dinh Q. Lê’s "Erasure" Opens in Australia
Acclaimed artist Dinh Q. Lê, the first Vietnamese name to have a solo show at Museum of Modern Art in …(read more)
