Grunts vs. Gooks: Vietnam War Literature and Marlantes’ Matterhorn
Matterhorn, a novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes I’ll admit it. I’m a Vietnam War junkie, ever since watching Apocalypse Now and reading
A compilation of essays written by Viet exploring topics such as politics, teaching, and the Asian American experience. Viet’s essays have been published by organizations such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Time Magazine.
Matterhorn, a novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes I’ll admit it. I’m a Vietnam War junkie, ever since watching Apocalypse Now and reading
The beach at Con Son island Vietnam is apparently going the way of Thailand. The New York Times wrote recently about the Con Dao Islands, once the site of
I just saw Bui Thac Chuyen’s film Choi Voi (Adrift) at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Bui Thac Chuyen is the director of Song Trong So Hai (Living
“Masticating Adrian Tomine” was originally published in American Book Review, volume 31, issue no. 1, page 12 (November/December 2009). “Where Are You Going, Where Have You
“Remembering War, Dreaming Peace: On Cosmopolitanism, Compassion, and Literature” was originally published in The Japanese Journal of American Studies, issue no. 20, pages 149 – 174
I’m proud to be a Vietnamese American, but on some days I’m sad to be one. This is one of those days, in the aftermath
“Multimedia as Composition: Research, Writing and Creativity” was originally published in Academic Commons January 2009 issue, “The Difference that Inquiry Makes: A Collaborative Case Study on Technology
“At Home With Race (On Omi and Winant’s Racial Formation in the United States)” was originally published in The Modern Language Association of America, volume 123,
The question of what language to write in never occurred to me. The first words I ever spoke were Vietnamese, but coming to America at
Published in conjunction with the exhibition originated by Bellevue Arts Museum, A Tapestry of Memories: The Art of Dinh Q. Lê is a fully illustrated,
“Speak of the Dead, Speak of Viet Nam: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Minority Discourse” was originally published in CR: The Centennial Review, volume 6, issue
“Seeing Double: The Films of R. Hong-An Truong” was originally published in Postmodern Culture, volume 17, issue no. 1 (September 2006). For those whose image of
“The Remasculinization of Chinese America: Race, Violence and the Novel” was originally published in American Literary History, volume 12, issue no. 1 & 2, pages 130-157
“Representing Reconciliation: Le Ly Hayslip and the Victimized Body” was originally published in Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique, volume 5, issue no. 2, pages 605 –
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