This March, Three Rooms Press is pleased to present two books related to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, both of which show the strength of the Vietnamese writers of today. Both books will release on March 25. Order directly from 3RP from your regular bookstore, online or in your neighborhood.

The Colors of April: Fiction on the Vietnam War’s Legacy 50 Years Later; Editors: Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran

“The Colors of April is an important anthology that acts as a bridge between two sides and, ultimately, the past and present. This will be the book I reach for when someone asks about the Vietnam War.” —Eric Nguyen, author, Things We Lost to the Water

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, literary voices of the Vietnamese-American diaspora as well as Vietnam-based authors speak to the experience of those who left and those who stayed in THE COLORS OF APRIL, a collection of new short fiction curated by award-winning translators and editors Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran.

More than two dozen distinct literary voices are featured in this collection, including Viet Thanh Nguyen (Pulitzer Prize winner, The Sympathizer), Andrew Lam (PEN/Beyond Margins Award winner, Perfume Dreams), Barbara Tran (Lannan Foundation Award winner, In the Mynah Bird’s Own Words), Vu Tran (Whiting Award winner, Dragonfish) and many more.

Editor Quan Manh Ha is Professor of English at the University of Montana and the co-translator of Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath, among other titles. Co-editor Cab Tran holds an MFA from University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. In 2023, Ha and Tran co-translated and co-edited Bảo Ninh’s Hà Nội at Midnight. 

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Việt Nam Của Con, Việt Nam Của Cha / My Vietnam, Your Vietnam, by Christina Võ & Nghĩa M. Võ, Kalynh Ngô, Dịch

“Một cuốn hồi ký đáng ghi nhớ, nhiều cảm xúc về quá khứ và hiện tại của đất nước Việt Nam mà hai thế hệ từng trải qua.” – Foreword Reviews
“A stunning, prismatic memoir about Vietnam’s past and present as experienced by two generations.” —Foreword Reviews

We are very pleased to present the Vietnamese translation of our recent notable dual memoir, MY VIETNAM, YOUR VIETNAM. In offering this book in translation, we hope to provide another step on the path to healing and reconciliation from the traumas of war.

For nearly 15 years, translator Kalynh Ngo has been a dedicated multimedia journalist with a strong focus on social issues, particularly concerning the Asia-Pacific region. Her debut translation into Vietnamese was The Lucky Few – The Fall of Saigon and The Rescue Mission Of The USS Kirk, by Jan K. Herman. She has won first prize in Feature Writing in the 2020 and 2023 California Ethnic Media Awards, and was awarded a fellowship in the Center for Health Journalism’s 2023 Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems. She lives In Virginia.

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SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION SET

Because we believe so firmly in the need for multigenerational discussion to promote healing, we are offering a special limited edition set of both the English and Vietnamese versions of MY VIETNAM, YOUR VIETNAM, with handwritten notes from author Christina Vo and translator Kalynh Ngô. Share the book with a Vietnamese-speaking relative or friend, and discuss it together. For details and purchase information, please click here.