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Nhi T. Lieu: Authenticity is not ever reachable
Anvi Hoang interviews Professor Nhi Lieu, author of The American Dream in Vietnamese. Nhi T. Lieu is assistant professor of American Studies, Asian American Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is author of The American Dream in Vietnamese (University of Minnesota Press, 2011). Her other published works have appeared in Frontiers: Journal of Women Studies and Alien …(read more)
#FREEVIETKHANG: Singer Viet Khang Protests the Vietnamese Government
diaCRITIC Anhvu Buchanan reports on jailed singer and Communist critic Viet Khang, and asks you to do something about his …(read more)
Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller on Making Art and Trouble in Viet Nam
diaCRITICS is excited to share this L.A. Times Q&A with artist Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller, where she discusses the restrictive cultural and political environment …(read more)
My Own Story—An Interview with Performance Artist Alex Luu
diaCRITICS is pleased to feature the following profile and interview with Alex Luu, a Chinese/Vietnamese who left Viet Nam during …(read more)
‘Past Present | Future Imperatives: Queer Space Time’ Opens in Los Angeles
And now diaCRITICS puts on dancing shoes (and a favorite old song or two) to announce a multitalented showcase gala …(read more)
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 …(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)
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)
