Vietnam
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, thoughts about being a Vietnamese far from Viet Nam during Tết, the Vietnamese lunar new year. His reflections center on the song “Xuân Này Con Không Về,” which Sonny calls the song of millions of Vietnamese. Read, listen, watch. Xuân Này …(read more)
Introducing ‘A Culinary Odyssey’ — An Interview with Andrew Pham
Remember Andrew Pham’s acclaimed memoirs Catfish and Mandala and The Eaves of Heaven? He’s back — this time with culinary memories. …(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)
the stories of a girl (những câu chuyện của một cô gái)
DiaCRITIC Nhu Tien Lu Reports on girls and trafficking in Viet Nam. For the past three weeks, I’ve been living …(read more)
Ed Kashi’s "The Leaves Keep Falling"
Ed Kashi’s new documentary short, “The Leaves Keep Falling”, produced and edited by Julie Winokur of Talking Eyes Media, …(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)
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)
Reading the American War: Tatjana Soli’s The Lotus Eaters
To experience history through the lens of combat photographers. Tatjana Soli’s novel The Lotus Eaters explores the trials of being a …(read more)
Isabelle Pelaud’s “This is All I Choose to Tell”: An Interview
On the radio program New America Now, Andrew Lam recently interviewed Isabelle Thuy Pelaud about This is All I Choose to …(read more)
