Yearly Archives: 2012
diaCRITICIZE: Viet Thanh Nguyen on the uses of rage and anger
How did I get from biracial rage to unexploded ordnance? In my paranoid, angry mind they're both connected by an understanding that we live in a world where there exists an Orientalist imagination that fetishizes Asian women and sees Asia as weak, feminine territory to be conquered by force of arms...
Reflections on My Mother’s Life
Mothers are the figures of our lives, whether our maternal relationships are happy or complicated otherwise. Guest author Christina Vo reflects upon her own...
Dinh Q. Lê’s Woven Imagery Connects Cultures — A Review
diaCRITICS is excited to reprint this review of Dinh Q. Lê's show at Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, California, written by Leah Ollman and...
Eric Nguyen
Eric Nguyen has a MFA in creative writing from McNeese State University and BA in sociology from the University of Maryland. He has been...
Phantoms of Asia at the Asian Art Museum
Phantoms in the museum? Sounds kind of scary. diaCRITIC Lien Truong introduces and reviews the current exhibit of contemporary Asian art at the Asian...
Vietnam War Images, Photosynthesized
Binh Danh, who makes strikingly original chlorophyl prints on foliage, is a favorite around here. We've featured him in the past, including a "must see" for...
Cam Vu Reviews Aimee Phan’s ‘The Reeducation of Cherry Truong’
Since the 2004 publication of her acclaimed short story collection We Should Never Meet, Aimee Phan has proven herself as one of the most...
SOMArts Interview with Exhibiting Artist Binh Danh
diaCRITICS is reprinting this short interview of Binh Danh by SOMArts graphic design intern Corinna Karg, who caught up with the artist to talk about materials, techniques,...
Paisley Rekdal on ‘Biracial Rage’ in Hanoi, Viet Nam
diaCRITICS will periodically have guest blogs. This essay on biracial rage originally appeared at Anapessimistic, the blog by poet, essayist, and professor Paisley Rekdal....
From San Jose to the U.K. — In It to Nguyen It!
diaCRITICS was tickled to see this yearbook prank, by eight Vietnamese American teenage girls in California, make international news! First of all, it's not...