Yearly Archives: 2012

Project Ngoc at UCI, Vietnamese American Student Activism

Scholar, activist, and diaCRITIC Thuy Vo Dang speaks about her experience in Orange County and reflects on the history of UC Irvine and its...

a hybrid territory: dao strom’s “we were meant to be a gentle people”

From Dao Strom (author of Grass Roof, Tin Roof and The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys):Dear Friends of diaCRITICS,I am familiar with the...

“break the silence” : a free song & music video (by dao strom | the sea & the mother)

"Break the Silence" is a song from the forthcoming 'We Were Meant To Be A Gentle People (East EP)' by author-songwriter Dao Strom |...

Linh Dinh’s ‘Poetry Sightings’

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...

Anvi Hoàng Interviews Nhi T. Lieu: Authenticity is not ever reachable | Tất cả đều là vấn đề tái tạo văn hóa

Anvi Hoàng interviews Professor Nhi Lieu, author of The American Dream in Vietnamese.Anvi Hoàng phỏng vấn Giáo Sư Nhi Liêu về vấn đề đình hình văn hóa của người Việt di dân...

A Review of Nguyễn Quí Đức’s ‘Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family’

diaCRITICS will periodically have guest blogs. Here's one from Stephen Sohn, professor of English at Stanford University, where he is completing a manuscript on Asian...

#FREEVIETKHANG: Singer Viet Khang Protests the Vietnamese Government

diaCRITIC Anhvu Buchanan reports on jailed singer and Communist critic Viet Khang, and asks you to do something about his cause.As some of you...

A Winning Debut: Thanhha Lai’s ‘Inside Out & Back Again’

diaCRITIC Kim-An Lieberman introduces us to a new Vietnamese American poet and her award-winning work of poetry. Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out & Back Again takes us readers into a child’s experience of immigration and the American South through the beautiful and lyrical storytelling.

Cô Dâu Đại Chiến (Battle of the Brides, 2011) Review

diaCRITICS special contributorHuy Vu reviews Victor Vu's film Cô Dâu Đại Chiến (Battle of the Brides) . Note: The follow review contains several spoilers about the plot...

A Review of Jenna Le’s ‘Six Rivers’

diaCRITICS special contributor Sahra Vang Nguyen reviews Jenna Le's brand-new book of poetry Six Rivers.  Jenna Le, a second generation Vietnamese American, draws from...