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The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora
DVAN Executive Director Isabelle Pelaud sat down with Unseen Histories for a conversation about The Cleaving – an anthology of dialogues between Vietnamese writers across borders. Isabelle discussed how race, colonialism, and war crucially inform Vietnamese literature, particularly with the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment in Trump’s America.
Dodging Flying Bánh Mìs and Healing Intergenerational Wounds
Reading "The Family Recipe" by Carolyn Huynh is like sitting with a Vietnamese cousin in a cafe while she catches you up on the latest family drama
Quieter Afterlives
In Stories from the Edges of the Sea, Andrew Lam writes not from the center of trauma but from its quieter afterlives. These are...
The Things We Carry—And How We’re Healing
This is just the journey that my family went on, and I wouldn't be the person I am today without all of that having happened.
Brother Hưng’s Teapot
He hurled the teapot with all his strength. It soared for kilometers, entered a half-built mansion, winding its way into a bricklayer’s shack, then smashed into uncle Đạt’s lunchbox.
April 2025: 50 Years
April 30, 2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War and the beginning of the modern Vietnamese diasporic story.
19 Essential Vietnamese Diaspora Books
We asked writers, scholars, and critics about the Vietnamese diasporic books they think are the most important. Here’s what they said.
In Conversation with Khuê Phạm
For many people in Germany, it was like an introduction to the Vietnam War and its legacy.