Dana Sachs
Biographical Info:
Dana Sachs has written about Vietnam for such publications as The San Francisco Examiner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Far Eastern Economic Review. With Bac Hoai Tran, she translated the collection of Vietnamese short stories The Stars, The Earth, The River: Short Fiction by Le Minh Khue (Curbstone Press). With filmmaker Lynne Sachs, she also made the award-winning documentary film about contemporary Vietnam, Which Way is East. She currently teaches journalism and Vietnamese literature at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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Dana Sachs's Recent Contributions
The Story of Watermelon Island
Nguyen Nguyet Cam - ncam [134]
A long, long time ago, kings still felt a bond with the common people. Instead of shutting themselves away in their castles, surrounded by fences and guards, they spent time with their subjects and...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
Literature
Chua Mia and Chua Thay
Dana Sachs - dsachs [523]
The Red River Delta surrounding Hanoi is famous for the stinginess of its soil and the destructiveness of its floods. It is also famous for the extraordinary capacity of its population to survive on...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
People |
Architecture
Bat Trang
Dana Sachs - dsachs [523]
Dana Sachs visits Bat Trang with one of Vietnam's contemporary writers. Nguyen Huy Thiep is a man of many professions. He may be one of his country's most acclaimed contemporary writers, but he's also...
Destinations:
Bat Trang |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
People |
Art
Tet
Dana Sachs - dsachs [523]
I had lived in Hanoi for almost a year before the lunar New Year finally rolled around. Throughout that time, my Vietnamese friends had urged me to stay for Tet, while many of the foreigners who lived...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
People
The Spirit of Hanoi
Dana Sachs - dsachs [523]
Americans tend to think of Hanoi as a no-nonsense communist capital, the dour headquarters of our one- time enemy in battle. But while the culture of this city was plagued by war, it was never guided...
