On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, a Novel by Ocean Vuong: The Importance of People of Color Voice
Amongst the innumerable books to be read and enjoyed, there are a few that shake our core, that cause us to question and savor our own...
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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
Mar 9, 2018
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui: The Gap Between First and Second Generations of Vietnamese American
Thi Bùi’s graphic novel, The Best We Could Do, offers an illustrative perspective that reflects on the gap between first and second...
Rachel Egoian
Jan 6, 2018
Inside Out and Back Again, a Novel by Thanhha Lai, Explores the Trauma of Assimilation
Reading multicultural children’s literature, whether in teaching to curriculum or reading at home, allows for a progressive approach for...
Rachel Egoian
Nov 10, 2017
A Bestiary by Lily Hoang: Exploring Gender and Race Identity Through Fairy Tales
With intense and raw emotions, Lily Hoang transforms her work, A Bestiary, through the contemporary form of writing, using non-fictional...
Kim Huynh
Sep 2, 2016
On Blooming Late and Living Boldly: A Conversation with VietnamEazy Author Trami Nguyen Cron
Last month, Trami and I grabbed coffee and discussed her debut novel, released in July. The following is an edited transcript of our...
Kim Huynh
Sep 1, 2016
Chopsticks Alley List of 2016 Vietnamese American Must-Read Books
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, The Sympathizer is the...
Republished from Amazon.com
Jul 19, 2016
VietnamEazy: A Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Food
Like Viet Thanh Nguyen’s acclaimed The Sympathizer, VietnamEazy captures with startling honesty and detail the dizzying dislocation that...
Quyen Ngo
Jul 4, 2016
The Bánh Mì Handbook by Andrea Nguyen
This edited article is from Loa, an independent news website and podcast broadcasting stories about Vietnam, and is republished on...
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