vietnamese

Cover reveal for my novel!

Writing by Loan LeJuly 3, 2020February 6, 2021

Writing by Loan LeMay 23, 2020

One of my favorite websites is revealing the cover for A Phở Love Story, and I CAN’T FREAKING WAIT. I finalized it back in March and have only shared it with family and close friends. It’s been hard keeping it a secret. Let me just say that it perfectly represents Vietnamese-American culture. And it’s flirty […]

“Admission” in CRAFT Literary

Creative Writing by Loan LeMay 8, 2020May 9, 2020

“Sài Gòn ơi! Sài Gòn ơi!”

Life by Loan LeDecember 11, 2019March 9, 2020

Writing by Loan LeSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 2019

Vietnamese Song #0.5: Thành Phố Buồn

While food tends to act as a gateway to my childhood, music also summons the past into the present. I remember listening to Savage Garden’s “Truly, Madly, Deeply” as it played from our radio in the kitchen. I’d wondered how the singer planned to stand on a mountain (of all places!). During long car rides […]

Writing by Loan LeMay 4, 2019May 4, 2019

Vietnamese Folk Poem #1

Yeah, I take Vietnamese classes on Wednesday nights. But . . . aren’t you Vietnamese? * At first, I thought learning Vietnamese in a class setting would only further embarrass me. It’s gonna be full of non-Vietnamese people and they’re going to look down on me. They’ll think, “Why is she in this class?” I always felt […]