Rachel EgoianNov 15, 2019“The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”: A review of Thanhha Lai’s Latest Novel Butterfly Yellow About TraThanhha 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 EgoianMar 17, 2018Night 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 EgoianMar 9, 2018The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui: The Gap Between First and Second Generations of Vietnamese AmericanThi Bùi’s graphic novel, The Best We Could Do, offers an illustrative perspective that reflects on the gap between first and second...
Rachel EgoianJan 6, 2018Inside Out and Back Again, a Novel by Thanhha Lai, Explores the Trauma of AssimilationReading multicultural children’s literature, whether in teaching to curriculum or reading at home, allows for a progressive approach for...
Liza ChuNov 27, 2017Was She Wearing Underwear? Stand Up, Speak Up! #MeToo #MeTooButI’mABitchThis week, my Facebook is streaming with #metoos, a hashtag movement that sprang up in light of allegations against Hollywood producer...
Rachel EgoianNov 10, 2017A Bestiary by Lily Hoang: Exploring Gender and Race Identity Through Fairy TalesWith intense and raw emotions, Lily Hoang transforms her work, A Bestiary, through the contemporary form of writing, using non-fictional...