Return to Viet Nam.1. I’ll address these notes to you, my daughter, about this whole venture I’m on to return to Viet Nam. I’ve addressed nearly all my writing about the US war in Viet Nam to you. You were eight when you first asked about the war. Your father was in the military, and I…
Children’s books from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora tell the story of my return to Vietnam.
This is a short reading essay about intercultural collaborations among contemporary children’s book writers.
As I prepare to return to Vietnam, I found this exquisite poem by Do Mguyen Mai who is from California. Unanswered by Do Nguyen Mai After Joshua Nguyen Em ơi, don’t look back when my spine snaps against the cold click of the trigger, when my lungs flood with the fullness of the night sky,…