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CreativiTEA Artists in March 2021
Setlist: Asela Lee Kemper - Poetry Twitter: @AselaLeeK Instagram: @thesakuraink EJ Villanueva - Music Instagram: @ejvaleros Ashley Hin -...
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Harleen Kaur
Jul 16, 2021
National Youth Poet Laureate: Alexandra Huynh
Chopsticks Alley got to sit down with our nation’s New National Youth Poet Laureate (NYPL) over Zoom to hear her journey of winning the...
Zachary Anderson
May 6, 2021
A Conversation With Poet Alex Dang
According to his “About Me” page on his website, poet Alex Dang has performed his work in 30 cities in seven countries. For four years...
Asela Lee Kemper
Jan 28, 2021
Sharing Her Words: An Interview with Keana Aguila Labra
From reading poetry submissions for Marías At Sampaguitas to publishing her own chapbook, Keana Aguila Labra is a force in the literary...
Chopsticks Alley Interns
Jan 22, 2021
Fragments Art Exhibition Opening Ceremony
On January 15, 2021, Chopstick Alley Art and Evergreen Valley College, both located in San Jose, partnered up to present Fragments, an...
Võ Đức Quang
Oct 29, 2020
Poetry by Võ Đức Quang
Thursday in the rain To J Bubbles on cobbled steps— like a field of glazed flowers. I think of you, waiting under a pigeon feathered sky,...
Admin
Jun 11, 2020
"Con của Mẹ" (Daughter of Yours) a Poem by An Bùi
We got off the phone and neither of us said, “Goodbye.”
No “Chào con,” no “Chào Mẹ”
Just fuming silence and tears
And me left wondering:
Who
Chopsticks Alley
Jun 3, 2020
"Contesting" (For my Black Brothers and Sisters) by Danny Thien Le
When you say, “Asian Lives Matter”
Your words dangle like a wooden
EAT PRAY LOVE sign from the comforts of your social comments
Keana A. Labra
Aug 22, 2019
Chrysanthemum Tran, Vietnamese American poet. The First Trans Woman Finalist of the Women of the 20
When writers of color share their work, their ethnic background is often taken into consideration; however, individuals are complex and...
Chopsticks Alley
Aug 22, 2019
History, Myths and Legends Podcast Series - Episode 9: Vietnam's Chú Cuội or the Man on the Moon
Episode: 9 Hosts: Jennifer Tran and Trami Cron Produced by: Chopsticks Alley Sponsor: Thomas Vo Farmers Agency Welcome to Chopsticks...
Chopsticks Alley
Jun 20, 2019
Podcast Episode 8: An Interview With Spoken Word Poet Kristina Robertson
Chopsticks Alley Podcast Episode 8: An Interview With Spoken Word Poet Kristina Robertson Hosts: Jennifer Tran & Trami Cron Sponsor:...
Nguyễn Bá Trạc
Jan 27, 2019
A Tết One Cannot Forget, A Poem About Vietnamese Refugees and Our Resilience on the Island of Pilau
Here are some photos I have kept for more than thirty years. Taken on the island of Pulau Bidong, Malaysia, the photos show Vietnamese...
Keana A. Labra
Nov 20, 2018
Vietnamese American Poets: Identity as the Core of Their Poetry
The success of blockbuster movies, such as “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” with its accurate and holistic representation of...
Rachel Egoian
Jul 31, 2018
Nguyen Du's the Tale of Kiều, an Epic Poem: Challenging the Female Gender Role in the Vietnamese
Many Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans are quite familiar with Vietnam’s literary classic, The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du (1766–1820) in...
Rachel Egoian
Mar 17, 2018
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, Vietnamese Poet Receives TS Eliot Prize; Exploring Life&#
A Vietnamese American poet, Ocean Vương’s phenomenal achievement of winning the Forward prize, Whiting award, and the Thom Gunn award,...
Rachel Egoian
Mar 11, 2018
Chữ Nôm and Hồ Xuân Hương: Unraveling the Complexity of the Former Vietnamese Written Language and t
When we think of language and its written form, it goes through many changes and processes over time due to societal pressures of...
Rachel Egoian
Aug 10, 2017
True Translation of Poetry is Not Possible; There’s Only a Kind of Imitation - Lê Phạm Lê's From
As someone who is coming from a mixed ethnic background, my aspiration for diversity through culture and community shapes my appreciation...
Quyen Ngo
May 1, 2017
Ma’s Got a Lullaby For You, Baby
This edited article is from Loa, an independent news website and podcast broadcasting stories about Vietnam, and is republished on...
Trami Nguyen Cron
Nov 21, 2016
Some Things Can't Be Translated From Vietnamese to English: "Ode to Bánh Mì"
I find the English language has some shortcomings compared to my mother tongue. Perhaps my English vocabulary is lacking, or I'm simply...
Vuong Vu
Oct 20, 2016
A Song for Autumn: Lý Cây Đa by Phạm Duy (Ode to the Banyan Tree)
Second generation Vietnamese Americans may not be familiar with a song called Lý Cây Đa, but if we ask our parents about it, not only will t
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