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Rachel Egoian

Nov 15, 2019

“The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”: A review of Thanhha Lai’s Latest Novel Butterfly Yellow About Tra

Thanhha Lai is a well-poised Vietnamese author who wrote her debut novel, Inside Out and Back Again. She won the National Book Award for...

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 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...

Liza Chu

Nov 27, 2017

Was She Wearing Underwear? Stand Up, Speak Up! #MeToo #MeTooButI’mABitch

This week, my Facebook is streaming with #metoos, a hashtag movement that sprang up in light of allegations against Hollywood producer...

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...