In a new essay, Vina Vo imagines her mother's life before the War, visiting Vietnam later in life to see where her mother danced. diacritics.org/2026/05/danc...

"i feel guilty because in this timeline i am living someone else’s dream and/or/but wasn’t it my dream, too?" Read a new poem by @bluenguyen.bsky.social diacritics.org/2026/05/para...

new poem out now with diaCRITICS (@diacritics-dvan.bsky.social) thank you diaCRITICS for giving my poem a home! you can read the full poem here: diacritics.org/2026/05/para...

"Neither debt nor duty, I learned that day, could be made up by wads of cash, nor adolescent good will. How swiftly I had mistaken dignity as something to be calculated and exchanged." diacritics.org/2026/04/mi-g...

Read "Tri Nhan 004: One of the Lucky Ones," a new science fiction poem by Mylo Lam. diacritics.org/2026/04/tri-...

Read a new poem by Victoria Thuylinh Pham. diacritics.org/2026/04/jack...

"I was 11 when cancer took my mother and never gave her back." diacritics.org/2026/03/canc...

just updated @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social's books to review list! am i missing anything? want to review something? docs.google.com/document/d/1...

In "Mothernoia", a daughter measures the distance between what her mother wants her to be and who she sees herself as. diacritics.org/2026/03/moth...

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of poet Theo LeGro. To honor their work and writing we are highlighting their poem ‘All There Is.’ theoffingmag.com/poetry/kundi...

Ngọc Đại and the Vietnamese Avant-garde diacritics.org/2026/03/a-br...

"Singlish is how Singaporeans speak when not watched by the colonial other. Or sometimes, defiantly, when they are." diacritics.org/2026/03/on-s...

"The sun should have set when the bullet grazed by like a stray bird singing its morning song, a sharp metallic note" Read Lê Sông Văn's "I Am Not Mad," translated by Đặng Thơ Thơ. diacritics.org/2026/02/i-am...

Read a new poem by Brandon Vu. diacritics.org/2026/02/what...

Chúc mừng năm mới! Read a new Lunar New Year poem by Võ Đức Quang. diacritics.org/2026/02/i-ca...

Read a new poem by attic moon. diacritics.org/2026/01/poet...

Đenise Hạnh Huỳnh offers a brief history of ICE, in poems.

“On Healing Land, Birds Perch” investigates the afterlife of an infamous photo. diacritics.org/2026/01/viet...

"I think of memory as finite. It’s personal. Once you’re gone, that memory goes with you. Myth, by contrast, lives beyond you." Today in PEN Transmissions, Vaddey Ratner on memory, narrative history, and storytelling as a means of survival. #writing #literature #art

"I want to tell them, and all Minnesotans: hold on to each other. No turning back." lithub.com/letter-from-...

‘I think of memory as finite. It’s personal. Once you’re gone, that memory goes with you. Myth, by contrast, lives beyond you.’ Today in #PENTransmissions, Vaddey Ratner on memory, narrative history, and storytelling as a means of survival. pentransmissions.com/2026/01/29/k...

Read a new poem by Antoinette Luu. diacritics.org/2026/01/poet...

Vũ Đình Giang’s “Parallels” is not for the faint-hearted. diacritics.org/2026/01/book...

"Motion sickness runs on my mother’s side of the family." diacritics.org/2025/05/moti...

As we take our yearly December break, a reminder that we’re open to submissions! Visit diacritics.org/submit/ for more info.

"If you don’t see yourself in literature, you don’t feel part of the community, you don’t feel part of this world." diacritics.org/2025/09/inte...

Two grandmothers, two sets of cultural traditions and superstitions. diacritics.org/2025/11/batt...

Vietnamese Czech director Dužan Duong talks with May Ngo about his film “Summer School, 2001.” diacritics.org/2025/11/inte...

Dương Hướng’s 1991 classic “No Man River” gets an English translation by Quan Manh Ha and Charles Waugh. diacritics.org/2025/11/book...

Through conversations, Diane Fox presents the human cost of chemical warfare. diacritics.org/2025/10/book...

A tale of southern inheritances. diacritics.org/2025/11/from...

So nice to see this long review of Quynh Tran's brilliant Shade and Breeze, which was published in my translation last year from Lolli Editions and is still waiting for a US publisher. Thank you @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social ! diacritics.org/2025/10/book...

Quynh Tran’s debut novel opens a rare window into the diasporic Vietnamese experience in Finland. diacritics.org/2025/10/book...

Dương Diệu Linh’s film is a visual project grounded in northern Vietnamese proverbs and Southeast Asian folklore. diacritics.org/2025/10/viet...

The phenomenon of Việt Kiều returning is nothing new, but what feels different now, however, is the scale, the facile journey, and the dramatic material changes within Vietnam since the early 2000s, writes Vinh Phu Pham. diacritics.org/2025/10/dear...

This year, Viet Film Fest featured eleven short film sets. diaCRITICS contributing writer Cathy Duong highlights a number of short films across these brilliantly curated sets. diacritics.org/2025/10/viet...

“If you don’t see yourself in literature, you don’t feel part of the community, you don’t feel part of this world.” @aimeephan.bsky.social chats with Melina Kritikopoulos about her new YA novel, “The Lost Queen.” diacritics.org/2025/09/inte...

There's still time to apply to the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop! Applications close today, October 6th. Don't miss out on your chance to expand your writing community and level up your craft at this fully remote experience! Apply here: tinhouseworkshop.submittable.com/submit/17761...

Souvankham Thammavongsa and Apoorva Bradshaw-Mittal discuss her forthcoming novel “Pick a Color,” the art of absence, making what is real fiction, and keeping the reader wanting for more.

@knguyen.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dsp...

Read a new poem by Thái Hà, with art by Lien Truong. diacritics.org/2025/09/poet...

New on diaCRITICS: a short story by Đặng Thơ Thơ, translated by the author and Thuy Dinh. diacritics.org/2025/09/fict...

Vietnamese Amerasians face challenges both in Vietnam and in the diaspora. Amerasians Without Borders founder Jimmy Miller wants to help. diacritics.org/2025/09/viet...

Ocean Vuong’s sophomore novel is a heart-aching story of working class grit and comradery in the face of exploitation, violence, and neglect. diacritics.org/2025/09/book...

After a summer break, diaCRITICS is back! And we’re proud to introduce you to our new website: www.diacritics.org.

To mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we're sharing @emtran.bsky.social's essay "Miss Saigon," originally published in our Spring 2017 issue. Read the full essay along with E.M. Tran's reflection on our blog: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

Vi got her copies already and is signing 100 of them as we speak. malarkeybooks.com/store/myarde...

Now available to preorder! Dao Strom’s TENDER REVOLUTIONS/YELLOW SONGS 💛✨ 4 books & an LP in whatever combination your heart desires. the3rdthing.press/product/tend...

Is this… my first Bluesky post?? Absolutely honored to have an essay out now with @aaww-nyc.bsky.social!! Thank you to the team for giving this piece a home aaww.org/how-to-cook-...

@nguyenterry.bsky.social explores faith, desire, and the literary landscape of conversion experiences.