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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 I Choose To Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature, expresses her excitement over the publication of Michele Janette’s My Viet: Vietnamese American Literature in English, 1962-Present. “It could not have been planned better,” Isabelle writes. So literature aficionados and creative …(read more)
Memory without Pyrotechnics: Vu Tran’s Intervu, Part 2
In December 2010, diaCRITICS managing editor Julie Thi Underhill wrote her first diaCRITICIZE about her dilemmas regarding ‘authentic’ belonging as …(read more)
Memory without Pyrotechnics: Vu Tran’s Intervu, Part 1
In December 2010, diaCRITICS managing editor Julie Thi Underhill wrote her first diaCRITICIZE about her dilemmas regarding ‘authentic’ belonging as …(read more)
Nhi T. Lieu’s The American Dream in Vietnamese
Another new book on Vietnamese American culture! Check out Nhi T. Lieu’s groundbreaking book, available now. [before we begin: have …(read more)
Nude Dudes and Nukes: Photography in Phnom Penh, 2010-2011
This compelling overview of Phnom Penh’s photography scene, written by Christopher Hearle and Thien-Huong Ninh, features the captivating work of Việt …(read more)
Bearing the Weight of History: A Young Chăm Woman’s Story
At diaCRITICS, we center a cross-ethnic and transnational approach, as fifty-four ethnicities live within present-day Vietnam and as the Vietnamese …(read more)
What Happened in April: Some News and Events
What interesting events took place in April (besides getting rained on)? Contributor Julie Nguyễn offers a critical recap of April …(read more)
My Father’s Daughter
Although Vietnam has generally been a patriarchal society, dotted throughout its history are women who bucked the Confucianist ways and rose …(read more)
LeUyen Pham, Children’s Book Illustrator
Le Uyen Pham has a history like many of us Vietnamese Americans. She was born in Saigon in 1973, left …(read more)
Enforcing the Silence: The Unsolved Murder of Lam Duong
Have you heard of Lam Duong? Chances are you haven’t. Tony Nguyen’s new documentary, Enforcing the Silence, wants to change …(read more)
