Author
Luu Dieu Van was born in Vietnam and migrated to the U.S. at a very young age. She is a prolific translator and is currently co-editor of Da Mau Magazine.
She is an adjunct professor at Santa Ana College and a language instructor at the University of California – Fullerton.
She holds an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and devotes time between working as a business consultant, creating arts, and volunteering for charity organizations.
She is the author of 47 Minutes After 7 (Van Nghe), M of December (Vagabond Press), Century of Scapegoating (Van Hoc Press), She, Self-Winding (Ugly Duckling Presse), and co-author of The Transparent Greenness of Grass (Tre Publishing House), Poems of Lưu Diệu Vân, Lưu Mêlan, Nhã Thuyên (Vagabond Press).
“Rich in theme, with a brave and lively selection of imagery, Van excels at incisive observation—at times tragic, and more often than not, very funny.” ~ Jennifer Mackenzie, author of Navigable Ink
“Luu Dieu Van’s poems are interesting because of her skillful and exquisite usage of imagery. In fact, it’s a tour de force. In almost every single poem, one could find an intriguing effect created by the peculiar choice of words that she inserts at the right place and the right time.” ~ Trinh Y Thu, author of The Ruins of Mirages
“Luu Dieu Van’s poetry has a strong emphasis on diction, it employs a language which addresses the public. Her poetry is not for the page alone, it is also for the tongue, for the performance stage. It is a spoken voice, the audience will hear the wit of the words, the exuberance of the vernacular and the energy of the speech.” ~ Nguyen Tien Hoang, author of Captive and Temporal
SYDNEY VAN TO Mar 29, 2023 Deputy editor Sydney Van To talks to Luu Dieu Van about female sexuality, Vietnamese Communism, and the act of self-winding. Luu Dieu Van’s poetry collection She, Self-Winding is out now by Ugly Duckling Presse. Original interview was published…
Lưu Diệu Vân’s poetry asserts the feminine self within time. The poet winds her own clock. She, Self-Winding, the title of her fourth collection, reflects the tensions between public and private, tradition and renewal, past and present, hardcore pragmatism and poignant romanticism. It also…
She, Self-Winding is a collection of poems that explores, through slanted narrative and shrewd linguistic play, the trajectory of an immigrant girl from a remote village who endures the aftermath of a civil war as she makes her escape by boat, leaves behind…
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