Monthly Archives: May, 2022
In the Diaspora: May 2022
News from the Vietnamese Diaspora
►Cà Phê Ru brews up Vietnamese coffee at Sacramento farmers' market
►‘A Special Place For Us’: Eden Center Gets A New...
ÁCCENTED: “Turning the Page: DVAN x TTUP ft. Abbigail Rosewood”
Don't miss the last episode of ÁCCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora of the season, presented by the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN)! To celebrate DVAN's publishing collaboration with Texas...
Film Review: Roh by Emir Ezwan
In the forest of the film named Roh, evil comes out at night. But will you recognize this evil when it has the face of a child? As Malaysian filmmaker Emir Ezwan’s first and indie-sized step into feature-length cinema, Roh both enchants and terrifies.
Constellations of Eve by Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
Rosewood’s exquisite and experimental novel in stories offers a transfixing meditation on love, envy, and obsession. Each iteration builds upon the previous one, culminating...
Book Review: You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
In Dustin Thao’s debut novel You’ve Reached Sam, seventeen-year-old Julie struggles to readjust to life following the sudden loss of her boyfriend Sam. In a desperate moment of wanting to hear his voice again, Julie dials Sam’s number and is shocked yet delighted when he picks up the phone.
Sprechen Sie Vietnamesisch?
“Mit gas,” I said again. I looked at my partner quizzically. “What’s ‘mit gas?’” I asked in Vietnamese. “What does ‘mit’ mean?”