"Our stems grow from the roots of coincidence..." It has been over a year since Yves Schiepek journeyed through Vietnam with his Olympus E-510 camera. The result was a collection of images that is beautiful yet heart breaking, surreal yet candid. In some of the photographs, you get an eerie sense of trapped emotions ready to burst out and drench you with their burden. These … [Read more...] about Roots of Coincidence – Breathtaking Photo Journal of Vietnam
The Biggest Cave in the World
British cave scientists recently confirmed that Vietnam is now home to the world’s largest cave [insert “booyah!”]. The Son Doong Cave, located in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park runs 2.5 miles long, and can get as high as 600 feet, that’s nearly twice as the now, second largest cave in the world, Deer Cave in Malaysia [insert “double booyah!’]. Take that Malaysia, my Son … [Read more...] about The Biggest Cave in the World
[About an anthology] Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: Troubling Borders in Art and Literature
The following is a short blurb by Vietnamese American writer Quyen Truong about the publication of a Southeast Asian literature anthology titled Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: Troubling Borders in Art and Literature. The event accompanying the book launch has unfortunately passed, but you can find out more about the anthology and how to support it below and at … [Read more...] about [About an anthology] Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: Troubling Borders in Art and Literature
Asian Models Making It Big on the Runway and Media
If you peruse fashion magazines from the 90s and 00s, I’m almost certain that you won't find many Asian faces in editorials or ads. Asians and Asian Americans alike have been underrepresented for a long time. But if you've been reading Vogue and other similar magazines in the last year, you will definitely see an upsurge of Asian models flooding runways and articles. In … [Read more...] about Asian Models Making It Big on the Runway and Media
Toi Biet Noi Tieng Viet: Teaching Vietnamese to the Non-Speaker
Learning a new language is done in many diverse ways. Most Vietnamese-Americans learn it growing up in their home, and if you’re like me, as an adult, you still only know basic Vietnamese and words and phrases you would only use when speaking as a child to an adult—even though you, yourself, are now an adult. My parents used to tell me, “If you don’t continually practice your … [Read more...] about Toi Biet Noi Tieng Viet: Teaching Vietnamese to the Non-Speaker