Yearly Archives: 2011
Jade Hidle
Jade Hidle is a Vietnamese-Irish-Norwegian writer and educator. She holds an MFA in creative writing from CSU Long Beach and a PhD in literature from...
Poor Richard’s Rise: Linh Dinh on American Democracy
In 2021, it came to our attention that the featured writer, Linh Dinh, has expressed anti-Black, anit-Semitic, and overall harmful views since the publication...
Deep Space in Comic Book Artist John Pham’s Sublife 1 and 2
How out there can we get? diaCRITIC Jade Hidle introduces us to more Vietnamese American graphic novels, this time, John Pham's Sublife and its...
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Michelle Ton Reviews Three Films
In descending order, diaCRITIC Michelle Ton reviews three films shown at the 5th Biennial Vietnamese International Film Festival during April 2011 in Orange County and at UCLA....
diaCRITICS needs help from photographers and photo editors
diaCRITICS is undergoing a major redesign. The redesign itself is almost done, but the problem is that the new website will require that each...
Carina Hoang’s ‘Boat People’: Short Stories, Long Memories
In 1979, in a wooden boat crowded with almost 400 people, Carina Hoang escaped Vietnam with two of her siblings. She is now a...
Mugged then Shot: Linh Dinh on American Corruption
In 2021, it came to our attention that the featured writer, Linh Dinh, has expressed anti-Black, anit-Semitic, and overall harmful views since the publication...
What Happened in June 2011: Some News and Events
It's JUNE, Tháng 6. Contributor Julie Nguyễn offers a critical recap of June 2011 news and events in the general interest of a Vietnamese...
Reading the American War: Tatjana Soli’s The Lotus Eaters
To experience history through the lens of combat photographers. Tatjana Soli's novel The Lotus Eaters explores the trials of being a war photographer during the...
A Sensory Life: Andrew Lam interviews Monique Truong
Andrew Lam interviews Monique Truong about her novel Bitter in the Mouth. Listen to the interview here!In earlier posts diaCRITICS has featured reviews of...