Andrew Q Lam's Writings
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
Editor's Note: Growing old in America can mean growing more isolated, and that’s particularly tough on those whose home cultures stress strong family and clan ties. Ngoc B. Lam came to America in 1975 as a refugee and worked as an accountant for more than 20 years. Andrew Lam is a NAM editor and author of “Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese...
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Nov.26.2008
Editor's Note: An immigrant from Vietnam forgets his dead grandmother's voice but, honoring her through the meals she ate, finds he can hear her again. Andrew Lam is a NAM editor and author of "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora" (Heyday Books, 2005), which recently won a Pen American "Beyond the Margins" award.
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
To Do or Not to Do (Much) in America
Editor's Note: Work is still a profound organizing principle in America, but there are signs that the old work ethic is eroding. More Americans would rather not do, notes NAM editor Andrew Lam, whose book, "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora" (Heyday Books, 2005) recently won a PEN/Beyond Margins...
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
Editor's Note: Human trafficking in Vietnam shows no signs of abating. PNS editor Andrew Lam is author of "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora," forthcoming this fall from Heyday Books.
SAN FRANCISCO--While visiting Ho Chi Minh City (more known as Saigon) last December I asked a group of well-educated young women for their thoughts...
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Nov.26.2008
Nha Magazine
Another Year, A Few More Countries to Visit: On Aging and Travel
San Francisco - Two passports--one new, the other old--arrived in the mail the other day. The new, with its tough, blue covers and pristine, rigid pages that still resist my prying fingers is a stark contrast to the ink-stained, mud-smeared epic next to it, now punctured by the passport agency and...
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
Editor's Note: At a large family gathering, a Vietnamese American sits amazed as his normally taciturn relatives share their deepest sorrows and affections through song.
SAN FRANCISCO--On the recent occasion of my uncle's 60th birthday, my clan gathered from all over the country to celebrate. Instead of gifts, however, he had an unusual birthday wish: Everyone...
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
Editor's Note: Natural disaster after natural disaster has spotlighted the plight of environmental refugees. But the world's political institutions have yet to recognize the problem.
SAN FRANCISCO--The glaciers are melting and receding. The sea rises to swallow islands and low-lying nations. Factory sewers spew toxic chemicals into rivers and the sea,...
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
Goodbye, Postcards
New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Oct 31, 2005
Editor's Note: Emails, blogs, and digital photos have made postcards an antiquated form of expression. Pacific News Service editor Andrew Lam recalls the poetic power of postcards sent from far-away lands, and mourns its passing. SAN FRANCISCO - My mother who collected postcards...
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
Editor's Note: Despite Vietnam's history of war, poverty and hardship, only the English word "stress" can describe the anxiety and exhaustion affecting the country's frenetically multitasking and conspicuously consuming yuppies.
HO CHI MINH CITY--At an ultra-chic bar called Nam Kha, a well-dressed woman in her mid-twenties named Tram tells me...
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Nov.26.2008
New America Media
What The Body Remembers: A Touch Brings Back Memories
Editor's Note: A writer who fled Vietnam as a child goes back to his old house in Dalat and finds memories untapped by imagination. A touch was the key.
There are memories, and there are memories. I once took pride in my belief that I remembered my Vietnamese childhood clearly. But recently I discovered that...
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About Andrew
Andrew is a syndicated writer and an editor with the Pacific News Service, a short story writer, and a commentator on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." He co-founded New America Media, an association of over 2000 ethnic media in...
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