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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 11, 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
Mar 9, 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
Jan 6, 2018


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...
Rachel Egoian
Nov 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...
Rachel Egoian
Aug 10, 2017


History, Myths and Legends Podcast Series: Revenge, Human Rights, Justice & Freedom! Vietnam'
Episode: 3 Topic: History, Myths and Legends Podcast Series: Revenge, Human Rights, Justice & Freedom! Việt Nam's Beloved Heroines, Hai...

Chopsticks Alley
Jun 9, 2017


Chopsticks Alley Podcast French Rats in Hanoi: The Effects of French Colonial Rule in Vietnam
Episode: 2 Topic: French Rats in Hà Nội: The Effects of French Colonial Rule in Việt Nam Sponsor: Thomas Vo, Real Estate Broker...

Chopsticks Alley
May 20, 2017


Ma’s Got a Lullaby For You, Baby
This edited article is from Loa, an independent news website and podcast broadcasting stories about Vietnam, and is republished on...
Quyen Ngo
May 1, 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...
By Carolyn Lê
Apr 27, 2017


Chopsticks Alley Talk Live - April 30th, a Day of Many Meanings - Episode 14
Watch Chopsticks Alley Talks Live - Episode 14 Topic: April 30th, a Day of Many Meanings Guest: Andrew Lam Producer & Music: Carolyn Le...
Chopsticks Alley Talk
Apr 25, 2017


Part 2 - Challenging the Stereotype: Do Vietnamese People Eat Dogs?—Literature by Andrew Lam
Read part one of this article, "Part 1 - Challenging the Stereotype: Do Vietnamese People Eat Dogs?" here. Vietnamese people are often...
Carolyn Lê
Dec 2, 2016


Some Things Can't Be Translated From Vietnamese to English: "Ode to Bánh Mì"
I find the English language has some shortcomings compared to my mother tongue.  Perhaps my English vocabulary is lacking, or I'm simply...
Trami Nguyen Cron
Nov 21, 2016


A Song for Autumn: Lý Cây Đa by Phạm Duy (Ode to the Banyan Tree)
Second generation Vietnamese Americans may not be familiar with a song called Lý Cây Đa, but if we ask our parents about it, not only will t
Vuong Vu
Oct 20, 2016


An Ocean of Darkness: A Review of Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky With Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong’s poetry collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press 2016), is the most beautifully written book I have read...
Vuong Vu
Oct 9, 2016


A Tale of Three Translations in Vietnamese Poetry
How is a poem transformed through translation? What is lost, and what remains true to the original? Vietnamese is a strongly idiomatic...
Vuong Vu
Oct 3, 2016


Writing Poetry in Vietnamese
One of my great regrets in life is I never learned to write in Vietnamese.  I’ve always thought that speaking it was enough—as in, it...
Vuong Vu
Sep 22, 2016


On Blooming Late and Living Boldly: A Conversation with VietnamEazy Author Trami Nguyen Cron
Last month, Trami and I grabbed coffee and discussed her debut novel, released in July. The following is an edited transcript of our...
Kim Huynh
Sep 2, 2016


Call for Poetry Submissions to Perfume River Poetry Review - Submissions due by December 31, 2016
On my tombstone, I would like the following words: Vuong Vu was a publisher of poetry. I’m not even joking.  Since 2012, I have published...
Vuong Vu
Aug 31, 2016


Chopsticks Alley List of 2016 Vietnamese American Must-Read Books
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, The Sympathizer is the...
Kim Huynh
Aug 31, 2016


VietnamEazy: A Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Food
Like Viet Thanh Nguyen’s acclaimed The Sympathizer, VietnamEazy captures with startling honesty and detail the dizzying dislocation that...
Republished from Amazon.com
Jul 18, 2016
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