Presented by Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
New fiction, poetry, and essays from Vietnamese and Vietnamese American writers.
Guest-edited by Kevin Bowen and Nguyen Ba Chung.
Editor’s Note, ix
Essays
The Long Road Home: Exile, Self-Recognition, and Reconstruction, 34
Nguyen Ba Chung
Hilario, El Carretero del Barrio, 62
Virgil Suárez
Mad Dog: The Legend of Chinese Poet Guo Lusheng, 105
Zhang Lijia
Our Hands Shall Embrace: A Eulogy for Trinh Cong Son, 152
Frank Gerke
Interview
Coming Full Circle: A Conversation with Nguyen Duy, 100
Nguyen Ba Chung
Fiction
Fire, 1
Andrew Lam
A Day in the Life, 22
Mike Ngo
A Strange Letter, 30
Linh Dinh
Esbjerg, on the Coast, 56
Juan Carlos Onetti
Rivers, 70
Nguyen Qui Duc
Catching Clams at Lake Isabella, 85
Phung Nguyen
from War Child, 120
Christian Langworthy
from A Year without Sleep, 130
George Evans
The Self-Portrait, 139
Nguyen Minh Chau
Better Homes and Gardens, 171
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Poetry
Three Poems, 14
Hoang Lien
Two Poems, 17
Du Tu Le
from dust and conscience (book of the familiar), 20
Truong Tran
Three Poems, 45
Barbara Tran
ventriloquist, 52
Mông-Lan
Three Poems, 54
Lam Thi My Da
Coded Message, 65
John McKernan
Three Poems, 68
Leonard Nathan
from The Time Tree, 91
Huu Thinh
Four Poems, 93
Mai Thao
Three Poems, 96
Do Kh.
from Mount Paektu, 115
Ko Un
Three Poems, 133
Le Bi
Four Poems, 134
Phan Nhien Hao
Two Poems, 138
Tran Tien Dung
from Foreeel, 161
Bradajo
Selling Out at the Top of the World, 168
Joseph Millar