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February 16, 2023
Letter to My Daughter: It Takes a Village
Return to Viet Nam.3. I have to start with the small Covid test panel to which I add three drops of the concoction I’d created. I do this after a close (partner) exposure to a blooming case. So my C line lights up. OK. But I have to give it 15 minutes. Then the T...
The post Letter to My Daughter: It Takes a Village first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.February 9, 2023
Letters to My Daughter: When I Met Le Ly
A Red Cross worker during the American war in Viet Nam travels with author Le Ly Hayslip on a return journey to the country and her home village, Ky La.
The post Letters to My Daughter: When I Met Le Ly first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.Letters to My Daughter: When I Met Ly Le
A Red Cross worker during the American war in Viet Nam travels with author Ly Le Hayslip on a return journey to Viet Nam.
The post Letters to My Daughter: When I Met Ly Le first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.February 1, 2023
Letters to My Daughter: Storytellers of the War
Return to Viet Nam I’ll address these notes to you, my daughter, about this whole venture I’m on to return to Viet Nam. I’ve addressed nearly all my writing about the US war in Viet Nam to you. You were eight when you first asked about the war. Your father was in the military, and I...
The post Letters to My Daughter: Storytellers of the War first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.January 26, 2023
Letters to My Daughter: Storytellers of the War
Return to Viet Nam I’ll address these notes to you, my daughter, about this whole venture I’m on to return to Viet Nam. I’ve addressed nearly all my writing about the US war in Viet Nam to you. You were eight when you first asked about the war. Your father was in the military, and I...
The post Letters to My Daughter: Storytellers of the War first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.January 23, 2023
Writer for Children Reflects on Intercultural Collaboration
This is a short reading essay about intercultural collaborations among contemporary children's book writers.
The post Writer for Children Reflects on Intercultural Collaboration first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.January 22, 2023
Unanswered by Do Nguyen Mai
As I prepare to return to Vietnam, I found this exquisite poem by Do Mguyen Mai who is from California. Unanswered by Do Nguyen Mai After Joshua Nguyen Em ơi, don’t look back when my spine snaps against the cold click of the trigger, when my lungs flood with the fullness of the night sky,...
The post Unanswered by Do Nguyen Mai first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.Letters to My Daughter: Children’s Stories from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora
Children's books from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora tell the story of my return to Vietnam.
The post first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.Children’s Stories from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora
Children's books from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora tell the story of my return to Vietnam.
The post first appeared on Terry Farish | Author.Stories from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora
Children's books from Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora tell the story of my return to Vietnam.
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