Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai: Storytelling, Healing, and the Voices of Vietnam
In this episode, Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai — award-winning author of The Mountains Sing, Dust Child, and The Secret of Hoa Sen — shares how her journey across poetry, fiction, and nonfiction grew out of a deep need to tell the stories Vietnam carries within its history. She discusses the challenges of writing about sensitive subjects, from war trauma to the rarely-told Amerasian experience, and how careful research and compassion guide her storytelling. Quế Mai reflects on the power of translation in reaching global audiences, the way her roles as writer, educator, and advocate reinforce one…
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