Immigration is now a controversial topic, whether it’s regarding the legality to which groups are “allowed” or “welcome.” The Sea That...

When writers of color share their work, their ethnic background is often taken into consideration; however, individuals are complex and...

Chopsticks Alley Podcast Episode 8: An Interview With Spoken Word Poet Kristina Robertson Hosts: Jennifer Tran & Trami Cron Sponsor:...

Here are some photos I have kept for more than thirty years. Taken on the island of Pulau Bidong, Malaysia, the photos show Vietnamese...

From my experience in both high school and college, the literary material offered by almost all my English literature classes was curated...

The success of blockbuster movies, such as “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” with its accurate and holistic representation of...

Many Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans are quite familiar with Vietnam’s literary classic, The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du (1766–1820) in...

A Vietnamese American poet, Ocean Vương’s phenomenal achievement of winning the Forward prize, Whiting award, and the Thom Gunn award,...

When we think of language and its written form, it goes through many changes and processes over time due to societal pressures of...

As someone who is coming from a mixed ethnic background, my aspiration for diversity through culture and community shapes my appreciation...

This edited article is from Loa, an independent news website and podcast broadcasting stories about Vietnam, and is republished on...

I find the English language has some shortcomings compared to my mother tongue. Perhaps my English vocabulary is lacking, or I'm simply...

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

Ocean Vuong’s poetry collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press 2016), is the most beautifully written book I have read...

How is a poem transformed through translation? What is lost, and what remains true to the original? Vietnamese is a strongly idiomatic...

One of my great regrets in life is I never learned to write in Vietnamese. I’ve always thought that speaking it was enough—as in, it...

On my tombstone, I would like the following words: Vuong Vu was a publisher of poetry. I’m not even joking. Since 2012, I have published...