Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai - "Writing about the Vietnam war took a toll on me"
The author of Dust Child believes writers can foster peace and understanding to prevent armed conflicts
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The author of Dust Child believes writers can foster peace and understanding to prevent armed conflicts
“I’m always homesick for Vietnam. To write is to return home. That's why I had to bring Vietnam alive onto the pages. I had to hear the people speak, I had to listen to the music, to the language; I had to smell the food, see the landscape — that's my way of returning home. Whenever I’m homesick, I just return home via my writing.”
The Vietnamese poet explores the consequences of love and war in her second novel
Establishing respect and representation for Asian and Pacific Americans
Book Club: In war, no matter who wins, the people lose. Vietnamese poet and author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's second novel poetically reveals the hidden tragedies of the Vietnam War through the sagas of two Vietnamese sisters and an American soldier.