lê thi diem thúy is a Vietnamese-American artist whose work explores the role of the body as the site of memory. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and was named a Ford Fellow in Literature by United States Artists.
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A momentous literary debut: the life of a Vietnamese family in America luminously observed through the knowing eyes of a child. In 1978 six refugees—a girl, her father, and four “uncles”—are pulled from the sea to begin a new life in San Diego.... SEE MORE