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The pages of UC Press’s journals have examined the War from a myriad of angles, from all sides of the conflict–its global economic and political impact, the role of student activism, memory in small-town America, and more.

Excerpts from "The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora"

Fifty years after resettlement following the US War in Vietnam, nearly 17,000 Southeast Asian refugees are living with deportation orders. Author Jennifer Huynh explains how Vietnamese communities are building systems of mutual aid to support each other through ongoing removal by the US government.

Marking fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, Allen L. Tran, author of A LIFE OF WORRY, looks at the lingering anxieties that have taken hold of the country.

Darshana Sreedhar Mini, author of "Rated A," speaks about labor in soft porn in India and the unflattering treatment of actors.

Author Sidney Xu Lu on challenging and complicating the story of Japanese migration to Brazil.

Author James Lin on the rural history that defined a generation of Taiwanese.

Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, co-editor of "The Cleaving," on the invisibility of Vietnamese American writers and poets and bringing light to their work.

Author Andrew Campana discusses his book "Expanding Verses: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media"