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The winners of the 50,000 prize, to be shared equally between writer and translator, will be announced on June 2, 2021.

Share: A recording of our digital reading of poetry, fiction, and essays from our annual literary anthology, with ASL interpreting. To celebrate the release of  Boston Reviews annual Arts in Society issue,  Ancestors, we hosted a digital reading from contributors, featuring poetry, fiction, memoir, and essays. This was the third in our series of events to celebrate the book’s release, with the first and second also viewable on our site.  ASL interpreting was provided by Sus...

A sense of loss seeps through the pages of D.C. author Eric Nguyen’s Things We Lost to the Water, about a Vietnamese family of refugees who emigrate to New Orleans after the Vietnam War.

Low Passion for Destruction Rip Off Fifth full length from Duluth trio recorded with Steve Albini. Guests include Marc DGli Antoni of Soul Coughing, Daniel Huffman and Ida Pearle of Shellac. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.   Re-Release Date: 12/2/2003 Album Description Fifth full length from Duluth trio recorded with Steve Albini. Guests include Marc DGli Antoni of Soul Coughing, Daniel Huffman and Ida Pearle of Shellac. Standard jewel case. 2001 release. Similarly Requested CDs (5 out of ...

Nước — the Vietnamese word for country and water — permeates Eric Nguyens haunting debut. Signifying both a place of origin and the means by which a boat refugee departs from such place of origin, Things We Lost to the Water poignantly explores all the ways in which Vietnamese refugees are affected by country and water — in sum, by dislocation. Told from multiple perspectives and spanning 27 years, from 1978 to 2005, Things We Lost to the Water gracefully manages to be both panorami...

Saigoneer Trigger When it comes to the Vietnamese diaspora in the United States, everyone knows about California’s huge community. Some may be familiar with other communities in Houston or the Washington D.C. area, but you rarely hear about Vietnamese in New Orleans. This group, which numbers around 15,000 people, is the focal point of Things We Lost to the Water, the debut novel from Eric Nguyen, the editor-in-chief of online literary portal  It tells the multi-generational story of a Vie...

Nước — the Vietnamese word for country and water — permeates Eric Nguyens haunting debut. Signifying both a place of origin and the means by which a boat refugee departs from such place of origin, Things We Lost to the Water poignantly explores all the ways in which Vietnamese refugees are affected by country and water — in sum, by dislocation. Told from multiple perspectives and spanning 27 years, from 1978 to 2005, Things We Lost to the Water gracefully manages to be both panorami...

Saigoneer Trigger Things We Lost to the Water, joins us today. Things We Lost to the Water tells the story of a family who escapes Vietnam after the war and ends up settling in New Orleans, spanning a time period from the late 1970s to the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. We discussed why he set the story in New Orleans, why the theme of water is so important to the book, what he wants readers to take away from it, his work at DiaCritics, and much more. Listen to this episode b...

Event description Digital reading of poetry, fiction, and essays from Boston Review’s annual literary issue, ‘Ancestors,’ with ASL interpreting About this event Boston Reviews annual Arts in Society issue, Ancestors, join us for a digital reading from contributors, featuring poetry, fiction, memoir, and essays. ASL interpreting will be provided by Pro Bono ASL, and texts will be available for reading along. Hosted by Boston Review Arts Editor Adam McGee and Contributing Arts E...

Argentina, the country that produced Jorge Luis Borges, has an impressively rich seam of weird writers. Authors such as Samanta Schweblin (see Little Eyes) and Agustina Bazterrica (Tender Is the Flesh