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Poetry: Coffee Ages

Unlike you, I was born here, which is to say that I was born too sweet to be palatable to a foreign palate.

DVAN Hosts Landmark Event to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War

The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) is proud to present Still We Rise: 50 Years After the Vietnam War on April 26, 2025 – a landmark event that will unite internationally acclaimed authors and groundbreaking artists of the Vietnamese diaspora for a powerful evening of reflections, poetry, and music. 

Book Review: Delicious Hunger

One of the most striking things about this collection is how immersive the reading experience is.

In the Diaspora: February 2025

â–ºD.C.'s first Vietnamese American art exhibit subverts what it means to be Vietnameseâ–ºVietnamese students in US sweat out Trump's grim immigration threatâ–ºWhat Vietnam is...

Book Review: dear elia

The university operates on a wellness program when the reality is that many of us have become unwell because of it. So begins the first entry of your monograph, dear elia.

Book Review: Elevator in Sài Gòn

First published in 2013, with the author’s satirical remarks censored in Vietnam, "Elevator in Sài Gòn" is a personal and political story of immense loss.

Book Review: Coming Out of My Skin

Phou’s brutally honest memoir offers a refreshing and important voice within diasporic Asian literary and cultural production.

In the Diaspora: January 2025

►Tết celebrations held across North America►SF culinary industry mourns death of hometown icon Charles Phan►Lunar New Year celebrations take off in San Jose►Drivers in...

Book Review: Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine

The book explores the lonely yet crowded nature of one’s twenties in a way that leaves room for the reader’s own self-insertion and interpretation.

Poetry: EVERYTHING IS, PT II

Everything is problematic.