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No Hanoi summer lasts forever
It's been brutally hot and, at times, fairly airless in Saigon this week, which reminds me of this old piece of fiction set in Hanoi when 'we' had no…
Connla Stokes
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Phường 19 (Binh Thanh Edition)
In 2019, I wrote this paean to my local neighbourhood in Saigon. Although I worry one small part of it is becoming too much of a 'Pub Street', it's…
Connla Stokes
Mar 15
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February 2023
The Year of Living Haruki-Murakamily
First published by Eksentrika (2022), this satirical story, written in peak pandemic times, began as a spoof of Mr. Murakami's oeuvre but unfurled into…
Connla Stokes
Feb 17
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January 2023
Tet in Saigon is oh so quiet
I first wrote this in 2017 and even though downtown HCMC has got much busier at Tet in recent years, it mostly holds up (I have updated it a smidge…
Connla Stokes
Jan 20
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From the back catalogue: desperate and insignificant men in the West of the Ireland.
Having watched ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ the other night, I thought I'd re-post this short story, which also features some desperate, maudlin men who…
Connla Stokes
Jan 12
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December 2022
Falling for Old Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City
An essay on expatriate nostalgia in a rapidly developing metropolis.
Connla Stokes
Dec 30, 2022
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Where letters were sent in hope
THIS WEEK, I spent a day and a bit thinking about a grand old building we can easily take for granted here in Saigon. The Central Post Office…
Connla Stokes
Dec 8, 2022
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October 2022
Head over heels and AWOL
I wrote about Veto Baker before, but as its 50 years to the month that he ran out on the US military to be with the Vietnamese woman he loved, here's a…
Connla Stokes
Oct 14, 2022
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August 2022
Posthumously Yours in Phnom Penh
A very short piece of non-fiction about a very short piece of fiction I wrote about those who see the Cambodian capital as the end of the road.
Connla Stokes
Aug 21, 2022
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'Sorry for this inconvenience'
Reposted in loving memory of the thin blue fence that blocked Le Loi Street for many years, here's a short 2021 essay that was originally published by…
Connla Stokes
Aug 16, 2022
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July 2022
Graham Greene dines at La Croix Du Sud
First published by Mekong Review last year, here's Mr. Greene's historic one-star Trip Advisor review of an infamous Saigon tourist trap on rue Catinat…
Connla Stokes
Jul 6, 2022
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June 2022
Spaghetti alla Murakami (and a fresh piece of satire on the side)
Below find a free recipe and a link to my latest short story, published by Eksentrika -- an Asian Arts and Culture Community based in Kuala Lumpur.
Connla Stokes
Jun 17, 2022
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