Tag: World Literature Today

  • Recalling and Reimagining Vietnam: A Conversation with Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith World Literature Today 2019-08-12 Mary E. Adams, Associate Professor of English University of Louisiana, Monroe Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, and raised in California. His first book, The Land Baron’s Sun: The Story of Lý Loc and His Seven…

  • In recent decades Germany has struggled with the reality of being a multicultural society. The influx of political and economic refugees from Asia and Africa as well as growing friction between resident aliens euphemistically termed “Gastarbeiter” (guest workers) and the German population have created a political atmosphere conducive to neofascist and nationalistic elements expounding xenophobic…