diaCRITICS 02 explores the theme of alienation—the profound sense of isolation, estrangement, or disconnection from society.
Alienation is a common trait of the immigrant and refugee experience and perhaps more so for immigrants and refugees of color living in the West, given the history of colonialism, imperialism, and racism.
But with the rise of anti-immigrant conservativism worldwide–one marked by mass deportation, mass surveillance, government abductions, and deaths–this feeling of alienation has changed shape and intensity.
What does this moment mean for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diasporic communities? How does this moment look from the perspective of a Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diasporic lens?
Writers and artists address this topic in the latest special issue of diaCRITICS.
Essays
Love in the Time of Absurdity by Thi Bui
Me, the vietnamese Ausländer – ich, die vietnamesische Ausländerin by Thị Minh Huyền Nguyễn
Conversations
In Conversation with Kevin Nguyen
Walk-Ins Welcome: A Conversation with Christina Hughes and Ly Thuy Nguyen
Poetry
Routine Spiral by Alina Nguyễn
Fiction
A letter in which I begin us again by Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin
Body Language by Kathy Nguyen
The Freewheel is a Mechanism by Thảo Tô
