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Monthly Archives: December, 2011
Dan Duffy on American Writer W.D. Ehrhart
What do you call a poet who's been struck by lightning a dozen times? W.D. Ehrhart. But each time a current courses through his...
Introducing ‘A Culinary Odyssey’ — An Interview with Andrew Pham
Remember Andrew Pham's acclaimed memoirs Catfish and Mandala and The Eaves of Heaven? He's back — this time with culinary memories. Pham invokes meals from Viet...
An Ode to “ơi”
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In this short piece, erin Khue Ninh, editor and educator, ponders about the nuances of the Vietnamese language and in particular, the untranslatable but meaningful “ơi.” I...
Atone: The Writing of Wayne Karlin
Atonement is often described as the closing of chapters or the completion of a cycle, when the story comes to an end. But follow...
What Happened in November 2011: Some News and Events
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Contributor Julie Nguyễn offers a critical recap of Tháng 11 or November news and events in the general interest of a Vietnamese American. She...
Call and Response—A Review of Bao Phi’s ‘Sông I Sing’
Spoken word is a perfect poetic medium for Bao Phi. His own hardscrabble truthtelling and his deep playfulness as an artist is encouraged by the genre’s imperative to bring poetry back to the people.