Yearly Archives: 2013
As Long As Trees Last: The Poetry of Hoa Nguyen
In this repost from BOMBlog, poet and editor Iris Cushing reviews Hoa Nguyen's most recent book of poetry, As Long As Trees Last (Wave...
Top Ten Most Critical of February 2013 and a New Most Critical Post of All Time
The Top Ten most read posts of February 2013 on diaCRITICS, and a NEW MOST CRITICAL POST OF ALL TIME. Read your favorites again....
Jade Hidle Reviews Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology
diaCRITIC Jade Hidle reviews Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology, compiled by the same team of Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow, and Jerry Ma that...
$175 more to publish DVAN book on Southeast Asian Women’s Art and Lit
19 days ago we needed $1000. With 2 days left to make our matching grant, we need $175!UDPDATE February 24th: We made our match!...
Dream of An Audience: Volunteer for the Vietnamese International Film Festival
Khanh Ho is writing the first Vietnamese American Detective novel with a Vietnamese American Detective written by a Vietnamese American. But occasionally he takes...
Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale (by Chi Vu): A Review
Author and songwriter Dao Strom reviews Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale by Chi Vu and finds the novella raises some troubling questions: is it...
What Happened in January 2013: Some News and Events
What happened in January 2013: news and events relating to Vietnamese at home and in the diaspora.Okay, folks, after your merry break in December,...
Jade Hidle: An Interview with Artist Dustin Nguyen
Recently diaCRITIC Jade Hidle met and interviewed artist Dustin Nguyen at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the biggest annual convention in the U.S. showcasing comic...
Anvi Hoàng & Tết 2013 ở Mỹ: Vietnamese American Intellectuals on Tết in the USA
There is no Tết without reflection. In this bilingual post, Anvi Hoàng introduces and translates into Vietnamese a supper-mini collection of Tết memories as...
War is for the Living — Opening Reception in N.Y.C. on February 14
Chuong-Dai Vo's co-curated exhibit, War is for the Living, seems conceptually brilliant and long overdue. In critical engagement with war and its enduring aftermath/afterlife,...