Anh Cao elected to Congress.

11Dec08

In a year of political firsts, I was interested to see that Anh Cao has broken another barrier by becoming the first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress. He ran as a Republican in Louisiana, unseating William J. Jefferson, a nine-term Rep-D who was dogged by scandal this year. Apparently, Jefferson was “charged with money laundering and [...]

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One to watch: Nam Le.

01Dec08

I’ve been meaning to pick up Nam Le’s book of stories after reading about him in the NY Times. He’s a young writer of Vietnamese origin who attended the Iowa Writer’s Workshop after a short career as a lawyer in Australia, and this first story collection shows off his ability to write about cultures other [...]

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