DVAN’s bi-weekly blog diaCRITICS has a global reach and publishes about 100 stories per year, showcasing artists, writers, events, and cultural activities on all shores of the diaspora, including stories from the U.S., Australia, Europe, Vietnam, and other places. With nearly 1,000 online subscribers and a growing team of contributing editors and writers, we serve as a hub for sharing and increasing visibility for contemporary arts and literature of the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diasporas.

DVAN provides valuable support to both emerging and established writers through free annual Writers Residencies in serene locations. We organize:

• a ten-day group residency in the Spring, in partnership with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program
• a month-long writing residency for an emerging writer, in partnership with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program
• a ten-day summer group residency in the town of Vezelay, France

Our group residencies are generally followed by a public event.

We work on educational and community projects hosted at SF State University in the college of Ethnic Studies. [email protected] contributes to Vietnamese American, Southeast Asian Studies, and Asian American curriculum while empowering and training university students to serve as active agents of social changes. By promoting Vietnamese American authors and their texts in solidarity with other Southeast Asian Americans, we introduce younger generations to the work of their forebears while also mentoring students to produce their own stories.