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Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines | Andrew Wiest

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Chrissyreadit Thank you!!!!!!! 4y

Roary47 Oh man this looks fun, but I have so many challenges. š¤Ŗ 4y

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Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines | Andrew Wiest

Please share. This is how we got Patricia to be our ambassador for Brazil.

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Need someone to share folklore, art, music, customs, etc.

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Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hņ? Xuān H??ng

Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines | Andrew Wiest

Vietnamese Literature in Translation

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Titles are in the comments.

Butterfinger Guerilla Fighter

An Insignificant Family

Butterfinger Poetry

Butterfinger Feminism

Vietnamese Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present : a Bilingual Anthology

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Butterfinger Satire - pub. 1936

Dumb Luck: A Novel

Butterfinger Goodreads "Vietnam's most beloved and outspoken novelist"

Paradise of the Blind: A Novel

Butterfinger Short fiction

Behind the Red Mist: Fiction

Butterfinger @sblbooks @AmyK1 @SamAnne @TheAromaofBooks @IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk @arubabookwoman @TheKidUpstairs @BookNAround @tdrosebud @CoffeeNBooks @thegreensofa @Laughterhp @Daisey @Catsandbooks @Crazeedi @4thhouseontheleft @ElizaMarie @Mynameisacolour @Jadams1776 @Jerdencon @LitStephanie @bcncookbookclub @Sleepswithbooks @bnp @bookishdawg @ChasingOm @TheBookHippie @Bookworm54 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Megabooks @howjessreads @AnneCecilie @Charityann @OutAndAbout @Liz_M @Jari-chan @sprainedbrain @Croissonter @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @ 4y

Butterfinger @Clwojick @DebinHawaii @Simona @Chrissyreadit @Amiable 4y

Sleepswithbooks Planning to read ā€Paradise of the Blindā€¯ š’› 4y

Butterfinger @Sleepswithbooks doesn't it look good? 4y

Crazeedi Have no idea yet! 4y

ElizaMarie Ugh I can't find any of these on Hoopla or Libby... Need to do more research! 4y

Butterfinger @NeedsMoreBooks some titles are in the comments. 4y

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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (Tie-In)

Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines | Andrew Wiest

Nonfiction - I tried to stay away from the war. If you find one, please add. Titles in comments.

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Butterfinger Pulitzer Winner

Fire in the Lake

Butterfinger Memoir

Butterfinger Travel Memoir

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

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Butterfinger Travel - customs and etiquette

Vietnam - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Butterfinger Ethnic Groups

Hill Tribes of Vietnam Vol 1: Introduction and Overview

Butterfinger Taoist

The Yao: The Mien and Mun Yao in China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand

Butterfinger Islam

Cham Muslims of the Mekong Delta: Place and Mobility in the Cosmopolitan Periphery

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines | Andrew Wiest

Adult Fiction and Poetry. Some of the authors are Vietnamese Americans. #FoodandLit Remember to add what you find for others. And, let me know if I miss a community.

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Titles are in comments.

Butterfinger LGBTQ+

Butterfinger LGBTQ+ Poetry

This Way to the Sugar

Butterfinger Modern Day Vietnam

Dragon House

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Butterfinger 1925

Saigon

Butterfinger Fall of Saigon

The Lotus Eaters

The Headmaster's Wager

Tale of Kieu: Truyen Kieu

The Sorrow Of War

Butterfinger Poetry

Butterfinger Poetry classic

Lament of the Soldier's Wife

DebinHawaii Not a Vietnamese author but I really enjoyed this one (literary fiction / historical fiction) set in Vietnam & it will make you crave phį»:

The Beauty of Humanity Movement: A Novel

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IndoorDame I‘m hoping to read

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

TheKidUpstairs I think I will be reading

Butterfinger Thanks @TheKidUpstairs @IndoorDame @DebinHawaii 4y

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Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines | Andrew Wiest

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Picture books and Young Adult Novels will be tagged in comments. You don't have to choose one of these.

Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival

My Grandfather's War

Butterfinger Small village life

Ten Cents a Pound

Butterfinger Refugee story

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Butterfinger Village

In a Village by the Sea

Butterfinger Sights and sounds of Vietnam - I'll be checking out for Chaya.

H is for Hanoi

Butterfinger Buddhism -another for Chaya

Fly Free!

Inside Out and Back Again

Always With You

Butterfinger Cross generation bonding

Going Home, Coming Home

Butterfinger Newbery Honor

Butterfinger Refugee story

Butterfly Yellow

Butterfinger Mekong Delta

The First Journey

On Blood Road (a Vietnam War Novel): A Vietnam War Novel

Butterfinger Reminds me of Operation Dumbo Drop

A Million Shades of Gray

Butterfinger Loved this one.

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

Butterfinger Folklore

Two Cakes Fit for a King: Folktales from Vietnam

Butterfinger Tell me if you want me to stop tagging you. @sblbooks @AmyK1 @SamAnne @Cupcake12 @TheAromaofBooks @IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk @arubabookwoman @TheKidUpstairs @BookNAround @tdrosebud @CoffeeNBooks @thegreensofa @Laughterhp @Daisey @Catsandbooks @Crazeedi @4thhouseontheleft @ElizaMarie @Mynameisacolour @Jadams1776 @Jerdencon @LitStephanie @bcncookbookclub @Sleepswithbooks @bnp @bookishdawg @ChasingOm @TheBookHippie @Bookworm54 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Megabooks 4y

Butterfinger Tell me if you want me to stop tagging you @howjessreads @AnneCecilie @Charityann @OutAndAbout @Liz_M @Jari-chan @sprainedbrain @Croissonter @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Clwojick @DebinHawaii @Simona @Chrissyreadit @Amiable 4y

Cupcake12 If that‘s ok, Work is so hectic with our third national lockdown in the UK. Will definitely catch up with some of the posts though. Enjoy! 4y

Cinfhen I totally forgot that Vietnam is next month as I JUST read this the other day...it was SO GOOD

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

Clwojick @Cinfhen Oh! That‘s been on my TBR for years! Thanks for reminding me. 4y

Cinfhen It‘s super impactful and full of history but a quick read @Clwojick 4y

Butterfinger @ElizaMarie look at @Cinfhen's comment above. A graphic memoir. 4y

bnp Thanks for posting these! 4y

Butterfinger @bnp you are welcome. I enjoyed the research. 4y

thegreensofa Thank you. Still tag me please š¸·š 4y

Crazeedi Keep tagging me! @Cinfhen I'm going to see about that book 4y

AnneCecilie Thanks for posting. I think this will be the time I finally get to ā€Inside Out and Back Againā€¯ 4y

Butterfinger @AnneCecilie it was a great read. 4y

ElizaMarie @Butterfinger Ooo thanks for tagging me! I found it on Libby (about a 5 week wait) so... just in time!!! Yay! 4y

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Butterfinger @sblbooks @AmyK1 @Texreader @SamAnne @Cupcake12 @TheAromaofBooks @IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk @arubabookwoman @TheKidUpstairs @BookNAround @tdrosebud @CoffeeNBooks @thegreensofa @Laughterhp @Daisey @Catsandbooks @Crazeedi @4thhouseontheleft @ElizaMarie @Mynameisacolour @Jadams1776 @Jerdencon @LitStephanie 4y

Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines | Andrew Wiest

Please share for #FoodandLit

Wanted: A reader who identifies as Vietnamese or a reader who visited Vietnam to share for the month of February. Photos, stories, facts, etc. New Year's is celebrated February 11-17.

Butterfinger @bcncookbookclub @Sleepswithbooks @bnp @bookishdawg @ChasingOm @TheBookHippie @Bookworm54 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @howjessreads @AnneCecilie @OutAndAbout @Liz_M @Jari-chan @sprainedbrain @Croissonter @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Clwojick @DebinHawaii @Simona @Chrissyreadit @Amiable 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I don't have any Vietnamese contacts, but a chunk of my friend group are Filipino-American and have visited the Philippines a few times each. I don't know that I can get them to join just for that, but I can start casually asking them about it now to prepare. 4y

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Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick oh yes. That would be great. We do Philippines in December. 4y

Butterfinger @Megabooks 4y