Charlie Nguyen also aspires to tell more cinematic stories
about Vietnam… But he acknowledges that living in the States causes a cultural
barrier, or distance, for him.“When I try to write, or just to get comfortable with the
material, it seems like it’s never enough,” the Buena Park resident said. “I’m
always looking from the outside in, versus someone who’s been immersed in
it.”
It’s inspiring to read these accounts because they remind me that I have to work on my own poetry manuscript and get it out into the fickle public. So many of us adult Viet adoptees who write, paint, perform, design, etc. still have so much to contribute to our culture and the general discussion as to what it means to be born over there and to grow up here.
Ethnically Incorrect Daughter 