Letter of the Week
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A poem in Vietnamese by Mai ThảoTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Breakfast leftoversThe sudden guilt the moment it is thrown in the binA gem is each grain of rice mother saidNow there’s not even a grain for her to fill her stomach quê nhà Cơm thừa mỗi sáng quăng thùng rácTay quẳng từng khi bỗng
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This is a curated selection of letters that left a mark on the world, on someone’s life, or just in the margins of time.
Each is transcribed with care and respect for the medium that first carried it: the typewritten page.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm 