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Issue 02 cover image by Antonius-Tín Bui
“Making my way home is the only ritual I know.”

diaCRITICS 02

Alienation is a common trait of the immigrant and refugee experience, but with the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment and policies worldwide, this current feeling of alienation has changed shape and intensity.

In this Issue:

diaCRITICS 02: Alienation

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Routine Spiral

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A letter in which I begin us again

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Love in a Time of Absurdity

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The Freewheel Is a Mechanism

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Walk-Ins Welcome: A Conversation with Christina Hughes and Ly Thuy Nguyen

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Me, the vietnamese Ausländer – ich, die vietnamesische Ausländerin

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In Conversation with Kevin Nguyen

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Body Language

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Latest Posts

Viet Film Fest 2026: Ky Nam Inn

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Viet Film Fest 2026: A Little Dream of Me

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Magical Realism in a Vietnamese Village

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Hà Tri Lão Nhân

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Fun with Vietlish

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In Conversation with André Dao

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The Everyday Politics of Libraries

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Cut

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In Conversation with Asian German Updates, aka Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick

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You Dream It and We’ll Make it

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Dancing in the Rain

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Parallel Universe Theory

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In Search of Narrative Plentitude

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19 Essential Vietnamese Diaspora Books

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Poetry: Coffee Ages

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The In-Between Spaces: An Interview with Sabine Huynh

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This is (not) romance fiction.

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A Suitcase of Recipes: Diasporic Vietnamese Cookbooks and the Stories They Tell

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Reviews

Viet Film Fest 2026: Ky Nam Inn

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Viet Film Fest 2026: A Little Dream of Me

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Magical Realism in a Vietnamese Village

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Fun with Vietlish

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The Everyday Politics of Libraries

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Viet Film Fest 2025: On Healing Land, Birds Perch

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Dangerous Games

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The Human Cost of War

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A Vietnamese Finnish Childhood

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Viet Film Fest 2025: Don’t Cry, Butterfly

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Viet Film Fest 2025: Select Shorts

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A Cannibal’s Coming of Age

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Essays

Hà Tri Lão Nhân

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Dancing in the Rain

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Mì gói lá bồ đề

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Cancer Took My Mother & Food Was Her Love Language

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A Broker in Madness

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On Singlish

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Battle Hymn of the Battleaxe Bà Nộis

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From South Vietnam to the Bible Belt

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Dear, Fellow Việt Kiều

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“Chúng ta chỉ thua… nếu chúng ta quên đi…”

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Viet America Votes: My LinkedIn Profile is Political

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Viet America Votes: Perpetually Divided

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This is the Music of Vietnamese Refugees

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A Historical Exploration of the Female Áo Dài

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Book Review: You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

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Book Review: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

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An Invitation to Spirits: Đám Giỗ for My Mother

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The Long Silence of Bao Ninh

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Mai Lan Gustafsson’s “The Warlore of Vietnamese Bargirls,” Part 1

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Con Rồng Cháu Tiên

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Fiction and Poetry

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You Dream It and We’ll Make it

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Parallel Universe Theory

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Tri Nhan 004: One of the Lucky Ones

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Jackfruit

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Mothernoia

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I Am Not Mad

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I carry you through chinatown

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what was that? you’re talking too quickly

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Con Ma của Bà Nội

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Bà Nội’s Ghost

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Coi Chừng

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