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ARTventure Down the Mekong, Chopsticks Alley Art’s First Art Book
The wait is over! Chopsticks Alley Art’s first ever book project, ARTventure Down the Mekong, is releasing today on Labor Day! ARTventure...
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Dina Klarisse
- Jul 9, 2021
AAPI Feature: Jhumpa Lahiri
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is a first-generation Bengali American who writes about the spaces in between. Her short...
Asela Lee Kemper
- Jan 28, 2021
Sharing Her Words: An Interview with Keana Aguila Labra
From reading poetry submissions for Marías At Sampaguitas to publishing her own chapbook, Keana Aguila Labra is a force in the literary...
Asela Lee Kemper
- Dec 30, 2020
Meet The Artists of Chopsticks Alley Art's upcoming "Fragments" Exhibit: Mark F. Erickson
When it comes to capturing life moments, Mark F. Erickson (Đỗ Văn Hùng) explores his identity with a camera. Although he did not...
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- Oct 12, 2020
Kim Lefèvre’s White Métisse: The Lives of Mixed-Race Children in Colonial Vietnam
Join Chopsticks Alley Art Tongue lecture series where we will bring to you an interactive art and culture immersion experience on October...
Chopsticks Alley
- Aug 22, 2019
History, Myths and Legends Podcast Series - Episode 9: Vietnam's Chú Cuội or the Man on the Moon
Episode: 9 Hosts: Jennifer Tran and Trami Cron Produced by: Chopsticks Alley Sponsor: Thomas Vo Farmers Agency Welcome to Chopsticks...
Keana A. Labra
- Jul 10, 2019
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, a Novel by Ocean Vuong: The Importance of People of Color Voice
Amongst the innumerable books to be read and enjoyed, there are a few that shake our core, that cause us to question and savor our own...
Keana A. Labra
- Nov 20, 2018
Vietnamese American Poets: Identity as the Core of Their Poetry
The success of blockbuster movies, such as “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” with its accurate and holistic representation of...
Rachel Egoian
- Oct 17, 2018
America Is In the Heart a Novel by Carlos Bulosan: The Filipino Family, Home and Manhood
In our recent story on the novel, America Is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, we explore the experiences shared by Filipino women that...
Rachel Egoian
- Jul 31, 2018
Nguyen Du's the Tale of Kiều, an Epic Poem: Challenging the Female Gender Role in the Vietnamese
Many Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans are quite familiar with Vietnam’s literary classic, The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du (1766–1820) in...
Rachel Egoian
- Apr 22, 2018
Feminism: Confronting the Myths, Stigmas, and Stereotypes Southeast Asians Face
Photo by Jackie Huynh “But what matters even more is our attitude, our mindset. What if, in raising children, we focus on ability instead...
Chopsticks Alley
- Apr 10, 2018
Podcast Episode 7: Talking Asian Identity and Gender Roles with Author Lily Hoang, A Bestiary
Chopsticks Alley Podcast Episode 7: A discussion with author Lily Hoang about identity and gender roles in Hoang's book, A Bestiary....
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 11, 2018
Chữ Nôm and Hồ Xuân Hương: Unraveling the Complexity of the Former Vietnamese Written Language and t
When we think of language and its written form, it goes through many changes and processes over time due to societal pressures of...
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...
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...
Carolyn Lê
- Oct 23, 2017
Watch Tấm Cám: The Untold Story
An action/fantasy and a retelling of an old Vietnamese folk tale, Tấm Cám: Chuyện Chưa Kể has finally made its way to U.S theaters having...
Rachel Egoian
- Aug 10, 2017
True Translation of Poetry is Not Possible; There’s Only a Kind of Imitation - Lê Phạm Lê's From
As someone who is coming from a mixed ethnic background, my aspiration for diversity through culture and community shapes my appreciation...
By Carolyn Lê
- Apr 27, 2017
Interview: Author Andrew Lam Talks About Journalism and Which of His Characters He’d Have a Drink Wi
As a Vietnamese American writer, Andrew Lam’s works have helped many Vietnamese Americans investigate the void within...