McSweeney’s Issue 78. The Make Believers, writings from the Vietnamese diaspora

In McSweeney’s 78: The Make Believers (guest edited by Thi Bui and Vu Tran), ten writers of the Vietnamese diaspora write from the eclectic hodgepodge that is their shared imagination of what it means to be “Vietnamese.” Packaged in a beautiful foil-stamped cigar box (with art by Bui on each and every surface), and including two booklets, one menu, and a glossary of broken Vietnamese, the work in this issue spans from highbrow to lowbrow, proper to naughty, logical to absurd, and painful to funny. Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, its contributors work across perspectives and multiple languages. In this completely singular, nothing-else-of-its-kind anthology, these artists write (and illustrate!) from a place of collective loss and joy. Featuring work by: Doan Bui Thi Bui H’Rina DeTroy Anna Moï Hoài Huong Nguyen Vaan Nguyen Isabelle Thuy Pelaud Bao Phi Paul Tran Vu Tran