Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 6-Vietnamese American narratives that have impacted us

Yen Vu and Kevin Pham

Episode Description
We dive into four Vietnamese narratives that have left an impression on us (among many), including Andrew Pham’s ‘Catfish and Mandala,’ (1999) Thi Bui’s ‘The Best We Could Do,’ (2017) Phuc Tran’s ‘Sigh Gone,’ (2020) and Ly Tran’s ‘House of Sticks.’ (2021). These narratives put words to experiences in a way that help Vietnamese Americans make sense of our complex and often conflicted worlds.

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About Nam Phong Dialogues

Nam Phong Dialogues Trailer

Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 1 – Why Vietnam?

Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 2 – Hybridity and Cosmopolitanism in colonial Vietnam

Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 3 – Being a ‘theoros’: transporting ideas between contexts

Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 4 – Women in the Resistance

Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 5 – The Tale of Kieu

Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 6 – Vietnamese American narratives that have impacted us

Nam Phong Dialogues: Episode 7 – On the ‘Vietnam War’ (finally)