From diaCRITICS comes this piece by diaCRITIC Jade Hidle , who gives us an Olympic take on Vietnamese identity using Marcel Nguyen, the Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics, as the launching point. At the same time, Hidle turns inward and and gives us a beautiful reflection on her own struggles as a mixed Vietnamese. diaCRITICS is the leading blog on Vietnamese diasporic arts … [Read more...] about Olympic Silver Medalist Marcel Nguyen, and Me
The Oak Creek Massacre and its Connection to Southeast Asians
From diaCRITICS comes this piece by editor Viet Thanh Nguyen on the mass murder of six Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and its connection to the violence done to, and by, Southeast Asians. diaCRITICS is the leading blog on Vietnamese diasporic arts and culture, published by the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. DVAN promotes the work of Vietnamese artists everywhere, and … [Read more...] about The Oak Creek Massacre and its Connection to Southeast Asians
Day, Night, Week, Month – a memoir from Hoangmai Pham and diaCRITICS
Hoangmai Pham From diaCRITICS comes this memoir essay by Hoangmai Pham, who escaped from Saigon to the U.S. with her family in 1975, at age seven. Keeper of Stories is a work-in-progress that interweaves her family’s history in Vietnam and America, and her own psychological journey surviving and understanding that history. Only recently has Mai learned that her strategy for … [Read more...] about Day, Night, Week, Month – a memoir from Hoangmai Pham and diaCRITICS
Running Saigon – a memoir from Hoangmai Pham and diaCRITICS
From diaCRITICS comes this memoir essay by Hoangmai Pham, who escaped from Saigon to the U.S. with her family in 1975, at age seven. Keeper of Stories is a work-in-progress that interweaves her family’s history in Vietnam and America, and her own psychological journey surviving and understanding that history. Only recently has Mai learned that her strategy for coping with her … [Read more...] about Running Saigon – a memoir from Hoangmai Pham and diaCRITICS