Yearly Archives: 2011

Interview: Timothy Bui and Stephane Gauger (Owl and the Sparrow)

What's happening is a lot of Vietnamese Americans are studying film now, more than before...I definitely think there is a new wave.Timothy Bui and...

Jade Hidle: A Têt Treat–lê thi diem thúy’s Novel is San Diego’s One Book 2011

San Diego is reading lê thi diem thúy's The Gangster We Are All Looking For, and Jade Hidle is there to tell us all about...

Jade Hidle: Meeting Strangers So Familiar: A diaCRITIC’s Dilemma

diaCRITIC Jade Hidle offers a powerful meditation on history, memory, and imagery, by centering some photos 'saved' from destruction in Viet Nam and then...

DVAN’s Holiday Fundraiser—Reckoning with a Tour de Force

A managing editor of diaCRITICS remembers, in writing and in photographs, the holiday fundraising party celebrating the release of Isabelle Thuy Pelaud's long-awaited book...

You Have To Be Intimate With Your Despair

Electronic voice: "This recorded call is from an inmate at a California state correctional facility."Dylan Rodríguez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies...

Doing Time Has Its Nightmares

Viet Mike Ngo, a writer, an activist, and a prisoner serving a life sentence, gives us a glimpse through the bars and into his...

Double Trouble: Hồng-An Trương’s Visual Archives (Part II)

Viet Le introduces us to the visual artist Hồng-An Trương and her compelling work--part 2 of 2.This is the second installment on Hồng-An Trương’s...

Double Trouble: Hồng-An Trương’s Visual Archives (Part I)

Viet Le introduces us to the visual artist Hồng-An Trương and her compelling work--part 1 of 2.In this two-part blog entry, excerpted from a...

Free Tickets to Banana 2: Asian American Bloggers Conference

Into blogging? Asian American? Then Banana 2 is the event for you. Check out the press release and video below for the 2nd conference...

Dark Tourism to Pulau Galang

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