Vinh Do
Graphic novel ’40 Men and 12 Rifles’ drops readers into the war Việt Nam...
Marcellino Trương's novel comprises two stories.
The first is that of a young man from Hà Nội who is conscripted to fight for revolutionary forces...
‘The Long Reckoning’ asks: Is Vietnam a country, a tourist destination, or a war?
A young Vietnamese girl stands on a precarious-looking and unfinished bridge. A vista of lush mountains of unique limestone formations lies before her. Her...
Love, loss, sex, relationships, race and hate in Hieu Minh Nguyen’s “Not Here”
This little book of 39 poems deserves to be read in one sitting – so compelling is its material, so fluid its prose. The...
100 essays on the fortunes and reversals of fortunes that make Viet Nam the...
I write this on the eve of a long-anticipated trip to Việt Nam. By a stroke of luck, a friend gave me Hữu Ngọc’s...
Viet Dinh’s After Disasters is about human desire
Wildfire spreading across California. Cholera breaking out in Haiti. Civil war ensnaring children in Syria. Flooding in Louisiana. All this from a major American...
‘Lotus and the Storm’ a tale imbued with history, poetry
"In Lan Cao’s The Lotus and the Storm, a novel about love, war, and loss, half-light becomes a metaphor used by the author for the state in which her characters live, except that her characters never transition and are caught in between places."
Gay Christian Experiences Worth Writing Home About
Book Review: Does Jesus Really Love Me?
By Vinh Do
Stories of faith and religious experiences are inherently risky. They end up sounding simplistic, cliché, irrelevant...
Andrew Lam’s East Eats West
While the author is extolled for his writing prowess, this reviewer believes true depth of his emotion and release has yet to be shared.
New Vietnamese Film “Fool For Love” A Surprisingly Delightful Hit
Sometimes a movie comes along that manages to lighten your mood without ever having to disturb your intellect or deepen your understanding. That movie...
New Vietnamese Film “Fool For Love” A Surprisingly Delightful Hit
Sometimes a movie comes along that manages to lighten your mood without ever having to disturb your intellect or deepen your understanding. That movie...
