Vietnam
Linh Dinh’s ‘Poetry Sightings’
In this original essay for diaCRITICS, poet Linh Dinh reflects upon the absence of poetry in U.S. society, offering us a haunting glimpse into the Poetry Junk Yard “where every life form, radiant or otherwise, goes to die, with its dreams, Hollywood or otherwise, never coming close to being fulfilled.” Yet outside of this fatalism, Dinh etches a bittersweet cartography …(read more)
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 …(read more)
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 …(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)
Cô Dâu Đại Chiến (Battle of the Brides, 2011) Review
diaCRITICS special contributorHuy Vu reviews Victor Vu’s film Cô Dâu Đại Chiến (Battle of the Brides) . Note: The follow review …(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)
diaCRITICIZE: Korea’s Viet Nam, Viet Nam’s Korea
diaCRITICS editor Viet Thanh Nguyen reflects on Korea and Viet Nam’s tangled relationship since the years of that other Korean …(read more)
Phạm Ngọc Lân’s ‘Vietnamese Chronicle’: Photos of Life in Cambodia
diaCRITICS is excited to find this work by Phạm Ngọc Lân featured at Invisible Photographer Asia, a blog on street photography and …(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)
