E.M. Tran
“Miss Saigon” by E.M. Tran: Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Miss Saigon
My mother was Miss Saigon of 1973, two years before the fall and capture of the city by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Viêt Công. There is a solid silver trophy, its height the length of my torso. The cup itself is the circumference of a basketball, and its S-shaped handles are molded …