Yearly Archives: 2012
Photocopies of Photocopies: On Bao Ninh
Originally published in Finding the Words, this essay by Madeleine Thien is about the casualties of war. But more than that, it is about the ghosts who still wander long after the fire has ceased, looking for their place in history. Most of us gaze upon photographs and stories of people trapped in war and fail to realize the most important detail: They were human beings.
Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller on Making Art and Trouble in Viet Nam
diaCRITICS is excited to share this L.A. Times Q&A with artist Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller, where she discusses the restrictive cultural and political environment for artists in Viet...
My Own Story—An Interview with Performance Artist Alex Luu
diaCRITICS is pleased to feature the following profile and interview with Alex Luu, a Chinese/Vietnamese who left Viet Nam during April 1975. Today he...
diaCRITICIZE: Korea’s Viet Nam, Viet Nam’s Korea
diaCRITICS editor Viet Thanh Nguyen reflects on Korea and Viet Nam's tangled relationship since the years of that other Korean War--in Viet Nam.
A Review of Andrew Lam’s ‘East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres’
diaCRITICS will periodically have guest blogs. Here's one from Paul Lai, a master’s student of library science at St. Catherine University, as he reviews Andrew...
The Americanization of a Reluctant Vietnamese-American: Third of a Series
Last of the series, Hoai Huong walks us through her journey and how she comes to define who she is from Vietnamese to Vietnamese...
Frenglish: Second of a Three Part Series by Hoai Huong
Building on her reflections on Vietnamese American identity in France, Hoai Huong, in the second part of the series, talks about the difficulties of...
Tracing My Parents’ Footsteps
In this three-post series, Hoai Huong reflects upon her life as in the United States and how she comes to understanding her own identity...
‘Past Present | Future Imperatives: Queer Space Time’ Opens in Los Angeles
And now diaCRITICS puts on dancing shoes (and a favorite old song or two) to announce a multitalented showcase gala event, kicking off a...
Phạm Ngọc Lân’s ‘Vietnamese Chronicle’: Photos of Life in Cambodia
diaCRITICS is excited to find this work by Phạm Ngọc Lân featured at Invisible Photographer Asia, a blog on street photography and visual journalism in Asia....